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Ancient China
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jade | A hard gemstone |
| Oracle | is a prediction |
| lords | people of a high rank |
| peasants | Farmers with small farms |
| Ethics | Moral Values |
| Confucianism | The ideas of Confucius |
| Daoism | Stressed living in harmony |
| Legalism | The belief that people were bad by nature |
| Great Wall | A barrier that linked earlier walls across China |
| sundial | Uses the position of shadows |
| seismograph | Is a device that measures the strength of an earthquake |
| acupuncture | Is the practice of inserting fine needles through skin |
| silk | A soft,light,highly valued fabric |
| Silk Road | This 4,000 mile long network |
| diffusion | The spread of ideas from one culture to another |