Social Studies
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Bubblebath322 on October 26, 2010
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Xia Dynasty | This was the earliest known dynasty. There is no written evidence of this early time period, but artifacts have been found |
| Cultural Conflict | differences in values, beliefes, or customs |
| Xiongu | nomadic people that Han brought under military control |
| Shang Dynasty | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC |
| Zhou Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism |
| Filial Piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders |
| Nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons |
| Terra Cotta Soldiers | Qin emperor Shi Huangdi had life size soldiers made out of pottery clay to take them into the afterlife |
| Tribute System | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. |
| Qin Dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall |
| Frontier | an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary |
| Legalism | strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit |
| Expansionism | the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country |
| Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy |
| Mandate Of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source |
| Liu Bang | helped overthrow Qin dynasty, 1st emperor of the Han dynasty, was born a peasant and worked way up to emperor |
| Sima Qian | chinese scholer,astronomer,and historian; wrote the most important historyof ancient china |
| Emperor Wu | seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under his reign, as well as the strong and centralized Confucian state he organized. created elite imperial academy that taught scholars/bureaucrats Confuscianism |
| Acupuncture | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin |
| Confucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. |
| Civil Service | the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government |
| Dynasty Cycle | the pattern of rise, decline and replacement of dynasties |
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