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China vocab
Term | Definition |
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oracle bones | A Ancient script carved on tortoise or shells of animal bone |
Ethics | moral values |
Confucianism | The ideas of Confucius |
Confucius | most influential teacher in Chinese history |
Daoism | stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of reality |
legalism | The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled |
Shi Huangdi | The first ruler of china. He started building the great wall of china He was a legalist |
standerdize | To set rulers that make things more similar |
terracotta warriors | collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang |
Diffusion of buddhism | buddhism spread through china when scholars translate buddism texts into chinese |
silk road | 4,000 mile-long trade network that stretched from china to the mediterranean sea |
Acupuncture | Inserting fine needles into the skin for medical perposes |
seismograph | An instrument that gave limited details about earthquakes |
mandates of heaven | the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of china at a time, and that this ruler had a blessing of the gods |
emperor | imperial title given to leader of ancient china |
great wall | a wall that protected the chinese 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 were 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 expecting to respect and obey their elders. |
censorship | controlling free thinking. Deciding to ban ideas that leaders find dangerous or offensive. |
Nomadic | a group of people who migrate |