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AP WH Ch 3 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Virtue | moral excellence or righteousness |
Mandate of Heaven | will of Heaven that the King represent Heaven, but not as a divine being and only so long as he ruled his people with compassion and efficiency |
Great Wall of China | fortifications built to protect northern China from nomadic warrior attacks |
Philosopher | intellectual mind; one who offers ideas/views/theories on some aspect of life |
Filial Piety | parental respect; honoring mother and father |
Confucianism | philosophy by Confucius that dictated correct behavior and political/ethical rules to live by |
Legalism | philosophy that said humans are naturally evil and could only be corrected by strict laws and punishments |
Bureaucracy | government in which state officials make decisions instead of elected representatives |
Civil War | war between citizens of the same country; internal conflict |
Ambassadors | diplomat sent by a country to be its representative in a foreign country |
Civil Service | government workers who completed exam |
Daoism | philosophy that focuses on nature and inaction |
Zhou | longest dynasty from 11th century BC to 256 BC; philosophical, prosperous time under benevolent rule |
Silk Road | caravan route linking China with eastern Mediterranean that took its name from silk brought west from China |
Qin | dynasty from 221-206 BC; first united ruling of China; legalists were harsh and strict; started Great Wall of China |
Caravan | procession of TRADERS and other people that travel together |
Han | dynasty from 206 BC to AD 220; Confucianism comes back; detailed historical records; developed bureaucracy |
Confucius | philosopher who weighed heavily on moral values and the laws of human behavior; recorded in the Analects |