China Vocab Part 2
a barrier made of walls across China’s northern frontier
What is the Great Wall?
geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China’s southern border
What is the Himalayan Mountains?
The Emperor Shi Huangdi did this to create a common Chinese culture.
What is creating a common language?
a type of government in which people rule themselves
What is Democracy?
the Greek word for a city-state
What is a polis?
moral values
What is ethics?
Shang society valued the connection between one generation and the next and therefore people worshiped these.
What are ancestors?
Sons valued more than daughters in this society because sons were expected to take care of their parents in their old age.
What is the Han Empire?
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 is the Heavens?
Obeying your parents was an important duty during the Han Empire due to this social philosophy.
What is Confucianism?
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?
Learning is a journey, not a destination, Rulers should be kind and lead by example, and Family members should be loyal to one another are teachings by this man.
Who is Confucius?
Central Asian traders exchange 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?
The Han Empire became rich trading with foreign countries on this trade route.
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?