Chap 6 Wh

Front 1

jade

Back 1

a hard gemstone often
used in jewelry. The most prized stone of the Ancient Chinese.

Front 2

oracle

Back 2

a prediction by a wise
person, or a person who
makes a prediction

Front 3

lord

Back 3

a person of high rank
who owned land but
owed loyalty to his king

Front 4

peasant

Back 4

a farmer with a small
farm

Front 5

Confucius

Back 5

an influential Chinese
teacher who came up
with a set of guidelines
based on moral values
to restore family order
and social harmony

Front 6

ethics

Back 6

moral values

Front 7

Confucianism

Back 7

a philosophy based on
the ideas of Confucius
that focuses on morality,
family order, social
harmony, and
government

Front 8

Daoism

Back 8

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

Front 9

Laozi

Back 9

the most famous Daoist
teacher; wrote the basic
text of Daoism—The
Way and Its Power

Front 10

Legalism

Back 10

the Chinese belief that
people were bad by
nature and needed to be
controlled

Front 11

Shi
Huangdi

Back 11

a Qin king who unified
China in 221 BC and
gave himself a title
meaning “first emperor”

Front 12

Great Wall

Back 12

a barrier made of linked walls
across China’s northern
frontier built by Shi Hauangdi to protect agains invasion

Front 13

seismograph

Back 13

a device that measures
the strength of an
earthquake

Front 14

sundial

Back 14

a device that uses the
position of shadows cast
by the sun to tell the
time of day

Front 15

acupuncture

Back 15

the Chinese practice of
inserting fine needles
through the skin at
specific points to cure
disease or relieve pain

Front 16

wheelbarrow

Back 16

a single-wheeled cart

Front 17

silk

Back 17

a soft, light, and highly
valued fabric developed
in China

Front 18

Silk Road

Back 18

a network of trade
routes that stretched
across Asia from China
to the Mediterranean
Sea

Front 19

diffusion

Back 19

the spread of ideas from
one culture to another

Front 20

Quin

Back 20

Dynasty that created a strong government with strict laws and harsh punishment.

Front 21

Paper

Back 21

The Han dynasty made which item that we use everyday

Front 22

Liu Bang

Back 22

The first emperor of the Han Dynasty

Front 23

Xai

Back 23

Legndary first dynasty of China

Front 24

Shang

Back 24

First dynasty during which they developed their first writing system in Ancient China

Front 25

Zhou

Back 25

The longest lasting Chinese dynasty

Front 26

Silk

Back 26

soft light highly vlaued fabric in China

Front 27

Confucius

Back 27

Philosopher that desired a return to family order and social harmony

Front 28

Legalism

Back 28

Belief that people are bad fy nature and need to be controlled

Front 29

Analects

Back 29

Book of Confucius teachings compiled by his students

Front 30

Yu the Great

Back 30

founder of China's legendary first dynasty said to save China by digging a deep river

Front 31

loyality,performed services and paid taxes

Back 31

In return for land followers of Shang Kings promised what?

Front 32

Shang

Back 32

The dynasty that used strong metal weapons and chariots to control the country

Front 33

Virtues

Back 33

Zhou kings believed that they would be able to claim rule over China as long as they showed What?

Front 34

serve in the Nobles Army

Back 34

In return for the right to farm anobles land, peasants under the Zhou Dynasty had to

Front 35

A family where all members know their place and responsibility

Back 35

Confucius believed society was like What?

Front 36

Fear

Back 36

Shi Hunangdi , afollower of Legalism, taught people should obey theri leaders out of

Front 37

Set a good example for the people

Back 37

Gaozu believed tht a ruler should be all powerful and ......

Front 38

To make sure that people that ran the government could do their jobs well

Back 38

The purpose of the Civil service test started by Han emperor Wu Di

Front 39

Silk Road

Back 39

The main way goods and ideas moved between Europe and China was along the

Front 40

Daoism

Back 40

Teachings that say that the key to long life and happiness is to accept life as it is

Front 41

Liu Bang

Back 41

Peasant that became Emperor of China and named himself "High Ancestor"

Front 42

Shi Huangdi

Back 42

Emperor that united the people of China and established standardized weights and measures

Front 43

Han

Back 43

Dynasty during which the earthquake detector and paper were invented