Ancient China ch 10 lesson 1
a geographic landform that creates a natural barrier
What is a Mountain?
The most popular philosophy
What is Confucianism?
Who is Qin Shihuangdi?
This Mongols conqueror's name means "strong ruler"
Who is Genghis Khan?
an ideograph
The rivers that helped develop civilizations in Ancient China
What is Yangtze and Huang He River?
The founder of Legalism
Who is Hanfeizi?
The person that reformed and improved government through changing civil service hiring practices
Who is Han Wudi?
What is merit?
filial piety
What is the responsibility that children have to respect, obey and care for their parents?
The social class that made up China's largest population
What are farmers?
This philosophy believed that all people should live in harmony with nature
What is Daoism?
One of the results of the Silk Road
What is the spread of Buddhism?
By 1279 this Mongol ruler had completed the conquest of China
Who is Kublai Khan?
Dao
What is the way/the path?
the first dynasty (with written historical records)
What is the Shang dynasty?
A well run or well organized, peaceful society is the goal of this philosophy
What is Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism?
Qin Shi huangdi is known for two accomplishments during his time as emperor
What is unifying China and building the Great Wall?
Famous Italian traveler who was among the first Europeans to visit and write about China
Who is Marco Polo?
Acupuncture
What is the Chinese medical practice that eases pain with the use of needles stuck into the patient's skin?
The Shang kings used oracle bones
What is to tell the future?
The Aristocrats supported this philosophy
What is Legalism?
One of the major developments that could break up soil more easily than wooden plows could
What is a cast iron plow?
The Mongols had their own language, laws, customs and because of this
What is they did not mix socially with the Chinese?
Steppes
What are wide, rolling grassy plains?