This is why merchants weren't respected in Ancient China.
What is people thought they only sought personal gain (they were selfish)?
100
This is how Qin could be described as a ruler.
What is he was a harsh and fierce ruler?
100
A Chinese philosophy based on the importance of laws
What is legalism?
200
The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
200
This is the difference between an ideograph and a pictograph.
What is a pictograph represents and object while an ideograph expresses an idea/thought?
200
This is the order of the classes in Chinese Society.
What is Aristocrats>Farmers>Artisans>Merchants?
200
This is why Han rulers created civil service examinations.
What is to choose the right person for the job OR to ensure the civil servants were well educated?
200
A family member who is no longer living.
What is an ancestor?
300
A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius; duty is central idea.
What is Confucianism?
300
This is how rivers helped civilization develop in China. (2 parts)
What is provided rich soil for farming and waterways for trade and transportation?
300
This is why aristocrats and kings liked legalism.
What is it emphasized force and rulers did not have to think of the needs of their people?
300
This is one way Qin tried to unify China.
What is he created a single currency OR he hired experts to simplify writing system OR he built a canal OR he began to connect a series of walls across Northern China?
300
A Chinese philosophy focused on obtaining a long life and living in harmony with nature.
What is Daoism?
400
The Chinese system of beliefs that describes the way a king must rule.
What is the Dao?
400
This group of people made up most of Chinese society.
What are farmers?
400
These are the three main philosophies of China.
What is Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism?
400
This is one new technology that helped Chinese farmers produce more food.
What is the cast iron plow OR waterwheels OR silk manufacturing OR paper for written records OR the rudder?
400
A group on non-elected government officials.
What is bureaucracy?
500
Government work.
What is civil service?
500
These are TWO geographic features AND how they helped shape Chinese history.
What is rivers provide trade and transportation, mountains served as barriers, OR deserts served as barriers?
500
These are the four classes of early China.
What are farmers, merchants, aristocrats and artisans?
500
This is how the silk road benefited China and the rest of the world. (2 parts)
What is it made it possible to trade with the world and brought Chinese inventions to the world?
500
An official who made sure that government workers did their jobs.