Vocabulary
a hard gemstone often used in jewelry
What is Jade?
a barrier made of walls across China’s northern frontier
What is the Great Wall?
the most influential teacher in Chinese history that taught that the Chinese needed to return to ethics and moral values
Who is Confucius?
This is the third dynasty.
What is the Qin?
This philosophy stresses living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality and that people should avoid interfering with nature or each other
What is Daoism?
a person of high rank who owned land by owed loyalty to the king
What is a lord?
moral values
What is ethics?
title meaning “first emperor” given to a Qin king named Yin Xheng who succeeded in unifying China
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This the 2nd Dynasty.
What is the Zhou?
Central Asian traders exchanged this for Chinese silk cloth during the Han Period.
What are strong horses?
a philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government
What is Confucianism?
a farmer with a small farm
What is a peasant?
the most famous Daoist teacher that taught that people should not try to gain wealth or seek power
Who is Laozi?
This geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China’s southern border.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
Emperor Shi Huangdi create a common Chinese culture by doing this?
What is introducing a common language?
a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day
What is a sundial?
the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
What is Legalism?
This was China's first dynasty.
What is the Shang?
Shang society valued the connection between one generation and the next and therefore people worshiped these.
What are ancestors?
This material used to record history and other important ideas was invented during the Han Period.
What is Paper?
a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the silk road?
the spread of ideas, goods, and technology from one culture to another
This is China's 4th Dynasty.
What is the Han?
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?