The Silk Road
The main good that China traded on the Silk Road.
What is silk?
The founder of Confucianism.
Who was Confucius?
The founder of Legalism.
Who was Han Feizi?
The right to rule given by Heaven. A ruler should be virtuous, moral, and ethical.
What is the mandate of Heaven?
The person who led the revolt against the Qin.
Who was Liu Bang?
The different barriers/dangers merchants encountered on the silk road.
What are mountains, deserts, bandits, rivers, dangerous wildlife, etc.?
The belief in Confucianism that emphasizes respecting your family members and your community.
What is filial piety?
The founder of Daoism.
Who was Laozi?
A social and economic system based on hierarchy. Emperor gives lords land, lords/nobles protect peasants and fight for emperor, peasants serve the lords,
What is feudalism?
Wudi's method of strengthening China.
What is attacking China's enemies?
One religion that was spread TO China FROM India.
What is Buddhism?
The dynasty that was heavily influenced by Confucianism.
What was the Han Dynasty?
Something we should respect according to Daoism.
What is nature?
The Qin emperor
Who was Qin Shi Huang Di?
The philosophy that was favored by the Han dynasty.
What is Confucianism?
How merchants traveled on the Silk Road
What are camel caravans?
Tests given to those who want to be part of the government.
What are civil service exams?
The dynasty that was influenced by Legalism.
What was the Qin Dynasty?
A project that the Qin dynasty started to build to keep out invaders.
What is the Great Wall?
A system in which one becomes part of the government based on merit or ability.
What is a meritocracy?
One reason why the silk road was significant.
Because it spread different religions, cultures, goods, and religions from the West and East.
The time period that was happening in China that caused Confucianism to start and become popular.
What is the warring states period?
What legalism believed that societies should enforce to have peace and order.
What are strict laws and harsh punishments?
What are the terracotta warriors?
Something invented during the Han dynasty.
What is paper?