Chapter 8- Ancient China Flashcards
1
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loess
A
a dust like material that can form soil
2
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dike
A
wall to hold back water
3
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oracle bones
A
animal bone or shell carved with written characters that was used to predict the future in ancient China
4
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pictograph
A
a picture that represents a word or idea
5
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mandate of heaven
A
in ancient China the right to rule given to a dynasty by heaven the highest force of nature
6
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warlod
A
military ruler
7
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philosophy
A
general study of knowledge and the world Greek for “love of wisdom”
8
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daoism
A
a philosophy of following the Dao that is the natural way of the universe
9
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Confucianism
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a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius
10
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Ancestor worship
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religious practice of honoring the spirits of the dead
11
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filial piety
A
devotion of children to their parents
