Sr40 Ch.7 Ancient China Flashcards-Jenny
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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 guiding force of all reality |
| Laozi | Chinese philospoher, he was the most famous Daoist teacher. He is credited with writing The Way and Its Power, 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. he also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and writing system in China. |
| Great Wall | A barrier made of walls across China's northern frontier |
| Sundial | A device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day |
| Seimograph | 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 |
| Silk | A soft, light, and highly valued fabric developed in China |
| Silk Road | A network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Diffusion | The spread of ideas from one culture to another |
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