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100
These are pictures or drawings that represent words or ideas.
What are pictographs?
100
Hard baked clay.
What is terra cotta?
100
A belief system based on the teachings of Confucius
What is Confucianism?
100
A man living in a time of conflict in China, who wanted to restore the order of earlier, peaceful China through relationships with others.
Who is Confucius?
100
The Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, The Pacific Ocean, the Gobi Desert, and the Himalaya Mountain Range.
What are China's natural barriers?
200
This is an ancient Chinese belief that a good ruler had the god’s approval.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
200
Overland trade routes along with Chinese goods passed to Mesopotamia and Europe
What are the Silk Roads?
200
A belief that a powerful, efficient government and a strict legal system are the keys to social order.
What is Legalism?
200
A legalistic ruler of the Qin, who wanted to wipe out Confucianism and unify China.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
200
The major river which provided life and farming to the Chinese people
What is the Huang He?
300
This is a family or group that rules for several generations.
What is a dynasty?
300
The spread of Cultural practices and customs to other areas of the world.
What is cultural diffusion?
300
A belief system said to have begun with Laozi which was based on natural order in the world.
What is Daoism?
300
A military general who ended the civil war in China and began the Han Dynasty.
Who is Liu Bang?
300
A series of walls made to keep out invaders from China.
What is The Great Wall of China?
400
This is a logical study of basic truths about knowledge, values, and the world.
What is philosophy?
400
A system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of a government.
What is bureaucracy?
400
This is respect for one’s parents and ancestors, an important teaching of Confucianism.
What is filial piety?
400
Known as the Martial Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he used war to expand China's borders.
Who is Wudi?
400
Father and Son, Elder and Younger Brother, Husband and Wife, Friend and Friend, and Ruler and Subject.
What are the Five Relationships of Confucianism?
500
These were used by the Shang kings to communicate with the gods.
What are Oracle Bones?
500
A pattern of the rise and fall of ancient Chinese dynasties.
What is the dynastic cycle?
500
This Chinese religion originated in India.
What is Buddhism?
500
His name means "Old Master."
Who is Laozi?
500
Two-bladed plow, iron tools and collar harnesses.
What are Chinese Agricultural Improvements?