Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Vocab 3
Misc. 1
Misc. 2
100
What are pictures that represent words or ideas?
What is a pictograph
100
What are walls that hold back water?
What are dikes
100
What are the teachings of the thinker Confucius called?
What is Confucianism
100
Which metal was most valued by the ancient Chinese?
What is Bronze
100
How were oracle bones used?
What is to predict the future
200
The first step to growing rice is to carve these into the side of a mountain
What are terraces?
200
What are the earliest written records from China?
What are oracle bones
200
What is an ancient Chinese way of life that emphasizes a simple and natural existence?
What is Daoism
200
Who was the Son of heaven?
Who is the ruler of China
200
According to Daoism, what must be balanced
What is yin and yang
300
What are a set of beliefs about the world and how to live?
What is a philosophy
300
This harsh philosophy was based on obeying the law and harsh punishment for those who did not.
What is Legalism?
300
This luxurious, fine material isn't something you might associate with worms, unless you know how it is made.
What is silk?
300
These spirits were most important to the Chinese.
What are ancestor spirits?
300
This was originally built to keep out would-be invaders of China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
400
On the Silk Road, these animals was used not only to carry goods for trade, but also because they required little water. Be careful they spit....
What are camels?
400
Heaven was the highest force of nature that gave dynasties the right to rule was called what?
What is Mandate of Heaven
400
This is the two word term for the never-ending circle of changing leadership in Ancient China. It always begins with The Mandate of Heaven.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
400
Where did China's first civilization develop?
What is on the North China Plain
400
This philosophy does not have specific rules, because everyone who follows it must finf their own Way.
What is Daoism?
500
A common religion in India, which was brought to China through cultural diffusion.
What is Buddhism?
500
What is the devotion of children to their parents?
What is filial piety
500
Students of Confucius collected his teachings in these
What are Analects
500
Respecting and honoring people is the basis of this philosophy in China.
What is Confucianism?
500
This ancient path called the Silk Road, stretches over 4000 miles to what three major areas to the west and south of China.
India, Mediterranean, and Europe
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