China Vocab Continued
a barrier made of walls across China’s northern frontier
What is the Great Wall?
This geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China’s southern border.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
The Emperor Shi Huangdi created a common Chinese this by introducing a common language, common set of laws, and currency.
What is culture?
a type of government in which people rule themselves
the Greek word for a city-state
What is a polis?
moral values
What are ethics?
Shang society valued the connection between one generation and the next and therefore people worshiped their these.
What are ancestors?
This is dynasty sons were more valued than daughters because Sons were expected to take care of their parents in their old age
Who are the Han?
a person who has the right to participate in government
What is a citizen?
a government in which only a few people have power
What is an oligarchy?
a farmer with a small farm
What is a peasant?
Zhou leaders base their right to rule on this.
What are the heavens?
This was an important duty for everyone in Confucian society during the Han empire
What is obeying your parents?
a short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live
What is a fable?
stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
What is mythology?
the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
What is Legalism?
This man taught that
Learning is a journey, not a destination.
Rulers should be kind and lead by example
Family members should be loyal to one another
Who is Confucius?
Central Asian traders exchanged these for Chinese silk cloth during the Han Period.
What are strong horses?
government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society
What is an aristocracy?
clear and ordered thinking
What is reason?
the spread of ideas, goods, and technology from one culture to another
What is diffusion?
This man followed Legalist thought and ruled as an absolute monarch.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This affected the development of China during the Han period because The Han Empire became rich trading with foreign countries.
What is the Silk Road?
high hill on which a Greek fortress was built
What is an acropolis?
a war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC
What is the Peloponnesian War?