Silk Road
Philosophies
Dynasties
Achievements
Vocabulary
100

One struggle that people faced on the Silk Road.

What are Bandits, sandstorms, mirages, hunger, wild animals, etc

100
The philosophy that taught that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.
What is Legalism?
100


A way for Chinese Dynasty's to establish their legitimacy as rulers

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

100
Shi Huangdi had this built to keep invading groups out of China.
What is The Great Wall of China?
100

To remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous

What is censor?

200
This is a soft, light, highly-valued fabric that the Chinese traded and sent to Europe.
What is silk?
200
This would restore family order and social harmony; focused on morality, family, society, and government.
What is Confucianism?
200
The dynasty when the emperor standardized money, written language, and weights and measures.
What is the The Qin Dynasty?
200

The metal that the Shang dynasty created by mixing copper and tin.

What is bronze?

200

A person who works for the government.

What is a civil servant?

300

The Romans traded this (along with gold) for silk. 

What is glassware?

300

The philosophy that emphasized balance with nature and the yin and yang.

What is Daoism?

300

The nomadic warlord who created the large Mongol empire in Asia, due to his strong military.

Who is Genghis Khan?

300

The Han dynasty used this to send messages and frighten the enemy

What is a kite?

300

A large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions.

What is a Bureaucracy?

400

The Chinese dynasty that started the silk road.

What was the Han Dynasty?

400
The philosophy Shi Huangdi based many of his government policies on.
What is Legalism?
400

The way the Han Dynasty hired people to work for the government.

What is a civil service exam?

400

An important invention that that helped people to write down and spread their ideas easier?

What is paper?

400

This river was the earliest Chinese civilization established near.

What is the Huang He?

500

The introduction of Buddhism to China is an example of this.

What is cultural diffusion?

500

The religion that spread along trade routes like the Silk Road.

What is Buddhism?

500

This system was used during the Zhou dynasty, with kings giving land to lords.

What is the fuedal system?

500

An invention that helped bring water up to the fields for irrigation.

What is the chain pump?

500

The Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature

What is yin and yang?