Chapter 7, Ancient China
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cristy_m04 on April 14, 2011
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1600 BC - AD 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jade | A hard gemstone often used in jewelry. |
| Oracle | A prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction. |
| Lords | A person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king. |
| Peasants | A farmer with a small farm. |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher, he was the most influential teacher in Chinese history. His teachings, called Confucianism, focused on morality, family, society and government. |
| Ethics | Moral values. |
| Confucianism | A philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government. |
| Daoism | A philosophy that developed in China and stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the Dao, the guidy force of all reality. |
| Laozi | Chinese philosopher, he was the most famous Daoist teacher. Laozi is credited with writing "The Way and its Power", by Daoism's basic text. |
| Legalism | The Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. |
| Shi Huangdi | Ruler of China, he united China for the first time.He built roads and canals and began the Great Wall of China, Shi Huangdi also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights and writing system in China. |
| Great Wall | A barrier made of walls accross China's northern frontier. |
| Sundial | A device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day. |
| Seismograph | A device that measures the strength of an earthquake. |
| Acupuncture | The Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain. |
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