| A | B |
|---|
| Silk | soft, light , highly valued fabric |
| Ethics | another word for moral values |
| Jade | a hard gem stone |
| Oracle | a prediction |
| Silk Road | A 4,000 mile long network of routes from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Laozi | was the founder of Daoism |
| Acupuncture | The practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at certain points |
| Lords | people of high rank in Zhou society |
| Sundial | uses the position of the shadows cast by the sun to tell time |
| Diffusion | the spread of ideas from one culture to another |
| Shi | Chinese poetry that is sung |
| Confucianism | philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius |
| Shi Huangdi | First “emperor”, unified China |
| Laozi | Most famous Daoist teacher |
| Confucius | Teacher who centered on Chinese ethics & moral values |
| Liu Bang | Peasant who become emperor & overthrew the Qin dynasty |
| Wudi | Created an exam for people entering government |
| Wudi | made Confucianism China’s official government policy |
| Confucius | This teacher felt that China needed to return to Ethics |
