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| Jade | a hard gemstone often used in jewelry. The most prized stone of the Ancient Chinese. |
| Oracle | prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction |
| Lord | a person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king |
| Peasent | a farmer with a small farm |
| Confucious | an influential Chinese teacher who came up with a set of guidelines based on moral values to restore family order and social harmony |
| 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 | the most famous Daoist teacher; wrote the basic text of Daoism—The Way and Its Power |
| Shi Huangdi | the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled |
| Great Wall | a barrier made of linked walls across China’s northern frontier built by Shi Hauangdi to protect agains invasion |
| Seismograph | a device that measures the strength of an earthquake |
| Sundial | a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day |
| Acupuncture | the Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain |
| Wheelbarrow | a single-wheeled cart |
| 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 |
| Quin | Dynasty that created a strong government with strict laws and harsh punishment. |
| Paper | The Han dynasty made which item that we use everyday |
| Liu Bang | The first emperor of the Han Dynasty |
| Xia | Legndary first dynasty of China |
| Shang | First dynasty during which they developed their first writing system in Ancient China |
| Zhou | The longest lasting Chinese dynasty |
| Silk | soft light highly valued fabric in China |
| Confucious | Philosopher that desired a return to family order and social harmony |
| Legalism | Belief that people are bad fy nature and need to be controlled |
| Analects | Book of Confucius teachings compiled by his students |
| Yu the Great | founder of China's legendary first dynasty said to save China by digging a deep river |
| Loyalty, Performed Services and Paid Taxed | In return for land followers of Shang Kings promised what? |
| Shang | The dynasty that used strong metal weapons and chariots to control the country |
| Virtues | Zhou kings believed that they would be able to claim rule over China as long as they showed What? |
| Serve in the Nobles Army | In return for the right to farm anobles land, peasants under the Zhou Dynasty had to |
| A family where all members know their place and responsibility | Confucius believed society was like What? |
| Fear | Shi Hunangdi , afollower of Legalism, taught people should obey theri leaders out of |
| Set a good example for the people | Gaozu believed tht a ruler should be all powerful and ..... |
| To make sure that people that ran the government could do their jobs | The purpose of the Civil service test started by Han emperor Wu Di |
| Silk Road | The main way goods and ideas moved between Europe and China was along the |
| Daoism | Teachings that say that the key to long life and happiness is to accept life as it is |
| Liu Bang | Peasant that became Emperor of China and named himself "High Ancestor" |
| Shi Huangdi | Emperor that united the people of China and established standardized weights and measures |
| Han | Dynasty during which the earthquake detector and paper were invented |
