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China
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |
| Confucianism | based around ancestor worship, respecting relationships |
| Daoism/Taoism | A philosophy that emphasized living in harmony with nature |
| Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service. |
| Buddhism | Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. |
| Great Wall | a barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier |
| Silk Road | Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. |
| Filial Piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders |
| Dynastic Cycle | Dynasty strong then becomes corrupt (civil war, high taxes, etc) - falls apart A New Dynasty takes over (Mandate of Heaven) |
| Gobi Desert | One of the worlds largest deserts, covers part of China and present-day Mongolia. |
| Yangtze River | -longest & largest river in China (longest river in Asia) |
| Hwang Ho (Yellow River) | 2nd longest river in China -It is called this because huge amounts of loess sediment turn the water |
| Loess | Fine yellowish light silt deposited by wind and water. It makes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. |
| Ancestors | people who came before you in your family |
| Oracle Bones | The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period. |
| Seismograph | a device that measures the strength of an earthquake |
| feudalism | Royal or noble families owned the land and allowed people to live on and farm the land in return for a share of the crops and their service in war. |
| Terracotta Soldiers | a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China |
| Elders | People who are older and often wise, respected leaders in a group |
| Yin and Yang | the “dark side” and the “sunny side” of a hill. They represent the opposites of the world. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another |
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