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Ancient China Vocab
Vocab
Word | Definition |
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Ethics | Moral Values. |
Confucianism | The ideas of Confucius. Focuses on family and morality. |
Confucius | Most influential teacher in Chinese history. Emphasized ethical behavior. |
Daoism | Stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of reality. Founder of Lao Tzu. |
Legalism | The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. |
Shi Huangdi | The first ruler of China. Built the Great Wall Of China, and standardized laws. |
Standardize | To set rules that make things more similar. |
Terracotta Warriors | Collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huangdi. |
Diffusion of Buddhism | Buddhism spread through China when scholars translated Buddhist texts into Chinese |
Silk Road | 4,000 mile-long trade network that stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea. |
Acupuncture | Insetting fine needles into the skin for medical purposes. |
Seismograph | An instrument that gave limited details about earthquakes. Invented by Chang Heng. |
Mandate of Heaven | The idea that there could only be on legitimate ruler of China at that time, and that this ruler ad the blessings of the gods. |
Emperor | Imperial title given to leader of ancient China. |
Great Wall | A wall that protected the Chinese states from raids and invasions by various nomadic groups. |
Calligraphy | Style of writing used by the ancient Chinese. Used around 2,500 characters. |
Warlords | Military rulers of small states who claim loyalty to the king. |
Warring States Period | An era of chaos where brutal and destructive fighting took place between 475 B.C. to 221 B.C. |
Ancestor Worship | Practices of honoring the spirits of the dead. |
Filial Piety | Devotion of children to their parents. Children were expected to respect and obey their elders |
Censorship | Controlling free thinking. Deciding to ban ideas that leaders find dangerous or offensive. |
Oracle Bones | l bones.A ancient script carved on tortoise shells or animal bones |