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History Test
Test on Early India and China
Term | Definition |
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acupuncture | eases pain through the use of needles stuck into the patients skin |
silk road | network of trade routes for chinese goods as far as greece and rome |
qin shihuangdi | his name means "the first qin emperor" |
han wudi | his name means "martial emperor of han" |
liu bang | founder of the han dynasty |
legalism | also called the "school of law" |
social classes | people who share a similar position in society |
daoism | promotes a peaceful society |
hanfeizi | developed the teaching of legalism |
confucianism | the belief that all people with a talent for governing should govern |
nirvana | a state of wisdom |
theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |
karma | the consequences of how a person lives |
dharma | divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste |
reincarnation | the idea of passing through many lives to be united with the brahman |
pilgrim | used trade routes to travel to religious shrines or sites |
chandragupta maurya | founded india's first empire |
stupa | buddhist shrines shaped like and dome or mound |
kalidasa | one of india's best-known ancient warriors |
asoka | considered to be the mauryan dynasty's greatest king |
mandate | a formal order |
ideograph | a kind of graph used in chinese writing |
aristocrat | a noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns |
bureaucracy | a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government |
pictograph | a character that stands for objects |