| A | B |
|---|
| Oracle Bones | tortoise shells priests scratched questions for gods |
| Civil Service | dept. of government, employees hired based on scores on exams |
| Martial | means "warlike", Emperor Wudi was this type of Emperor |
| Monopoly | group's exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods |
| Loess | silt that is fertile soil |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from a single family |
| Bureaucracy | a system of departments and agencies, carry out work of govern. |
| Yin and Yang | Two powers that govern the natural rythms of life |
| Pictogram/pictograph | simplified drawings of objects |
| Mandate of Heaven | divine approval, basis of royal authority |
| Filial Piety | respect for parents and ancestors |
| Dynastic Cycle | pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties |
| Autocracy | government with unlimited power and use in an arbitrary manner |
| Centralized Government | An essential authority controls running of a state |
| Assimilation | Adoption of a conquer's culture by a conquered people |
| Daoism | One of the Chinese philosophies, "Dao", Yin and Yang |
| Confucianism | one of the Chinese philosophies, 5 Basic Relationships, Filial Piety, education important |
| Legalism | One of the Chinese philosophies, law absolute authority, education not important |
| Silk Road | it stretched 4000 miles and was a great trade route that linked China all the way to Rome |
| Qin Shi Huangdi | brutal ruler, followed Legalism, burned books, Great Wall, Terracotta army (depicts army/chariots buried with this emperor) |
| Lui Bang | Founded Han Dynasty/centralized goverment |
| Wudi | Martial Emperor/Silk Road/Civil Service |
| Feudalism | system of government, local lords owned their own land but owed military service |
| Silk | this product was made in China and how to make was kept a secret for a long time |
