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What is the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of society?
philosophy
What do you call a military leader who controls an area of land?
warlord
What is the belief that the right to rule comes from the gods?
mandate of heaven
What idea states that children should honor and care for their parents?
filial piety
A symbol or picture in a writing system that combines two or more pictographs to express an idea is called a _______.
ideograph
A symbol or picture in a writing system that represents an object is called a _______.
pictograph
Who are upper class citizens that hold wealth and power?
aristocrat
What is a person that someone is descended from?
ancestor
Which dynasty began the process of building the Great Wall of China?
qin
How did Han Wudi reform the government during the Han dynasty?
he established a competitive hiring system based on a person’s skill, not their status or wealth
Duty to one’s family, practice good actions, and government offices open to all people are ideas practiced by what philosophy?
confucius
Which major trade route spread goods from China to parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Europe?
silk road
Did the Great Wall of China keep the Mongols from invading?
no
What job was held by the majority of people in China?
farmers
In Buddhism, what needs to be followed to help a person reach Nirvana?
eightfold path
Did China share the process for making silk with other civilizations?
no
Who created Daoism?
laozi
What is a state of perfect peace, according to Buddhism?
nirvana
What philosophy combined the ideas of Daoism and Buddhism and taught that people should be concerned with life after death?
neo confucianism
Who created the philosophy of legalism?
han feizi
Who was a fierce Mongol leader who invaded China?
genghis khan
What was invented in the Zhou dynasty that helped soldiers stay securely on their horses when riding into battle?
stirrups
Find the letter on the map that corresponds with the map below and name the place: A) Pacific Ocean, B) South China Sea, C) Yellow Sea, D) Yellow River (Huang He), E) Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang), F) Himalayas Mountains, G) Gobi Desert.
