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Ancient China
Question | Answer |
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jade | a hard gemstone often used in jewelry- green |
oracle | a prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction |
lords | a person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to the king |
peasants | a farmer with a small farm |
Confucius | Chinese philosopher, he emphasized ethical behavior for individuals and the government. |
Daoism | a philosophy that developed in China and stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the Dao- balance with nature. The Yin Yang symbol |
Laozi | He was the most famous Daoist teacher |
legalism | the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. |
Shi Huangdi | First Emperor in China. |
The Great Wall of China | a barrier made of walls across China's northern frontier |
seismograph | a device that measures the strength of an earthquake |
acupuncture | the Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain |
silk | a soft, light, and highly valued fabric developed in China |
Silk Road | a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
diffusion | the spread of ideas from one culture to another |