Ancient China
a hard gemstone.
What is Jade?
this is a prediction.
What is an oracle?
people of high rank.
Who were the Lords?
farmers with small farmers.
Who were the peasants?
4,000 miles.
How many square miles does China cover?
the two great rivers of China.
The Huang He and Chang Jiang.
Confucius believed this empire represented the golden age of China.
What is The Zhou Dynasty?
How did Buddhism spread throughout China.
What is Trade?
Who did Confucius believe was the most important figure within the family unit?
The Father.
are moral values or principles.
What are Ethics?
the founder of the Xia Dynasty.
Yu the Great.
can be defined as a way of thinking.
What is Philosophy?
this man was the most important and influential figure in Chinese History.
Why was Confucius so important to China's History?
adopted Confucianism as its official philosophy.
What is the Qin Empire/Dynasty?
practice of inserting needles through the skin to cure disease.
What is acupuncture?
stressed living in harmony with the Dao, which is the guiding force of all reality.
What is Daoism?
regarded as the most famous Daoist teacher.
Who was Laozi?
the belief that people are bad by nature and must be controlled.
What is Legalism?
this device measures the strength of earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
this emperor was a strict legalist in his philosophy.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
the spread of ideas from one culture to another.
Stretched westward from China to the Mediterranean Sea; covered about 4,000 miles.
The barriers which separated China from surrounding countries and regions.
Mountains, Desert, Plains.
a blending together of Daoism, Confucianism and Indian Buddhism.
What is Chinese Buddhism?
was the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty.
Who was Shi Huangdi?