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Ancient china
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oracle bones | an ancient script carved on tortoise shells or animal bones |
| Ethics | Moral Values - the lessons your parents try to teach you. |
| Confucianism | A philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius. *Focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government |
| Confucius | Philosopher and most influential teacher in Chinese history. Emphasized ethical behavior for individuals and governments. |
| Daoism | A philosophy that stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the Dao (the guiding force of all reality.) |
| Legalism | The Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. |
| Shi Huangdi | First emperor/ruler of China. United China for the first time. Began building the Great Wall of China, imposed a standard system of laws, money, and writing. |
| Diffusion of Buddhism | Buddhism spread throughout China when scholars translated Buddhist texts into Chinese. They used beliefs in Daoism to help explain it. |
| acupuncture | A procedure that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles to alleviate pain and to treat physical, emotional and mental conditions. |
| seismograph | Measures earthquakes |
| emperor | A ruler of great power and rank |
| Mandate from Heaven | Blessing that a ruler is allowed to rule. |
| Silk Road | 4,000 mile-long trade network that stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1 | Yellow sea |
| 2 | East china sea |
| 3 | south china sea |
| 4 | Pcific ocean |
| 5 | Huang He river / yellow river |
| 6 | Chang Jiang river /Yangzi river |
| 7 | Xi River |
| 8 | Gobi Deseret |
| 9 | Taklimakan Desert |
| 10 | Plateau of tibet. |
| 11 | Manchurian plain |
| 12 | Hinalaya mountains |
| 13 | city of luoyang |
| 14 | city of anyang |
| Xia dnasty | 2200 bc- 1700 bc appronmx lasted 500 years through 17 empours |
| shang | 1800-1040apprx bc archacoldges found impresive bulidings and city structure royal tombs similar to egypt and meopatanea first recored history. |
| continue shang | oracle bones used by rulers to compare with spiritrs and god |
| zhou | 1046-256 bc approx divited into 2 dynastys easttwest zhou longest lasting 800 years |
| continue zhou | Philosophers thinkes involved claoz confucius mencias. |
| qin | 221-206 Bc approx Chinese politicts changed dramatidy legalism began. |