china vocab Flashcards
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Confucianism
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a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
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civil servant
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a person who works for a government
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Yin and Yang
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the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
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Daoism
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a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
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feudalism
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a system of government based on landowners and tenants
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Mandate of Heaven
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a power or law believed to be granted by a god
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silk road
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a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia
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trade route
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a network of roads along which trades traveled
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caravans
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a group of people traveling together
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cultural diffusion
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the spreading of cultural traits, such as goods, and ideas, from one culture to another or within one culture
