Vocabulary 1
a strong metal alloy made from copper
Bronze
the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
Qin Shi Huangdi (Emperor Qin)
A group of people travelling together
Caravans
Human beings should live simply and in harmony with nature.
Daoism
a network of roads along which traders traveled
Trade Routes
a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
The Great Wall
the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty (Most Chinese people can trace back their lineage to this dynasty)
Han Dynasty
a large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions
Bureaucracy
Social order, harmony, and good government should be based on family relationships.
Confucianism
a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia
The Silk Road
To remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous
Censor
Period of time when Ancient China was broken up into many different areas/states.
Warring States Period
The ability to live forever
Immortal/Immortality
Thinkers and their ideas should be strictly controlled by the government.
Legalism
honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the spirits of the dead
Ancestor Worship
the spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another, or within one culture
Cultural Diffusion
one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
Shang Dynasty
places, usually in a desert, where water can be found
Oases/Oasis
Education is important both to the welfare of the individual and to society.
Confucianism
A person who works for the government
The Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
Yin & Yang
A highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order and punishments are useful to maintain social order.
Legalism
a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
Mandate of Heaven
The natural order is more important than the social order. A universal force guides all things.
Daoism
a system of government based on landowners and tenants
Feudalism