| A | B |
|---|
| Han Dynasty | Silk Road began during this dynasty |
| Mandate of Heaven | The right to rule given by the heavens |
| Confucius | Great Chinese philosopher. Spoke about the "Golden Rule" |
| Filial Piety | The respect children owe to their parents |
| Analects | Book containing Confucius writings |
| Acupuncture | Chinese medical remedy placing tiny pins in nerve endings to relieve pain |
| Five Relationships | Ruler and Subject; Parent and Child; Husband and Wife; Old and Young; Friend and Friend |
| Yin and Yang | Concept expesses the idea that forces in nature are thought to be in balance with each other |
| Buddhism | School of thought that appealed to the Chinese because it offered an escape from suffering of earthly life |
| Siddahartha Guatama | Founder of Buddhism |
| Han Feizi | Founder of Legalism |
| Legalism | School of thought that promoted the idea that people act out of self interest |
| oracle | Priests used these type of bones to communicate with the Gods on important questions |
| Daoism | School of thought that said to do nothing contrary to nature |
| Shang Di | Chief god of the heavens in early China |
| ideographs | symbols used to express ideas such as beauty, joy, and justice |
| Mao Zedong | Leader of the Communist Party in China |
| Chiang Kai Shek | Took over the Nationalist Party after Sun Yat Sen died |
| Deng Xio Ping | Leader of Communist China. Granted economic freedoms. |
| Taiwan | An island that is democratic today. Chiang Kai Shek fled here after the Civil War in China. |
| Hong Kong | Island that belonged to Britain for 99 years. It is now part of Communist China. |
