The Unification of China

Question 1

Confucius

Answer 1

a philosopher who was a teacher and founded Confucianism

Question 2

Confucianism

Answer 2

stressed the idea that strong relationships were needed for social order. Education was important, and bureaucracy and filial piety

Question 3

Filial Piety

Answer 3

children should respect their parents and ancestors.

Question 4

bureaucracy

Answer 4

a trained civil service, or those who run the government

Question 5

Daoism

Answer 5

founded by Laozi, teaches that a universal force, the Dao, guides all things. Teaches that people should get along

Question 6

Legalism

Answer 6

founded by Hanfeizi and Li Si. It taught that disobedient people should be harshly punished, and good people are rewarded. Thinkers should be controlled

Question 7

I ching

Answer 7

a book of oracles that offered common sense

Question 8

yin and yang

Answer 8

two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life, one dark and one light (good/bad), helped people figure out how they fit into into the world

Question 9

Qin Dynasty

Answer 9

replaced the Zhou Dynasty in the third century B.C. and spread legalist ideas

Question 10

Shi Huangdi

Answer 10

The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who attacked invaders, created districts, murdered Confucian scholars, burned “useless books”, and established autocracy

Question 11

Autocracy

Answer 11

a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner