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History Test
Test on Early India and China
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |