World Civilization Terms For China

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Ancestor worship

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___ is the belief that all those who have gone before lead those who live in the present.

Hint 1

Ties the Chinese people to their mythical past and to each other

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Benevolence

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Taught by Confucianism to treat those beneath with ____.

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Confucian virtue, family

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___ ___ must be learned. It is reverence for the ____ and respect for authority.

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Confucianism, rulers
(Hint: place, above, beneath

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____ is a practical form of action accessible to all which sought to create a virtuous society governed by virtuous ____.

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One knew his ____ and kept it, in which one had respect for those ____ him and treated those ____ with benevolence.

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Confucius, Zhou, past
(Hint: wisdom, innovator)

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The great philosopher who lived around 500 C.E., based his entire system of thought on the ancient models of the ____ Dynasty. Felt the best models of society and virtue were to be found in the ____.

Hint 5

Argued that to be a transmitter of past ____ and morality was superior to being an _____.

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Taoism
(Hint: no, action)

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Confidence in human nature is boundless, philosophy of non-action.

Hint 6

Sage able to adapt to any circumstances, as he holds to ___ rigid school of thought nor any preconceived path of ____.

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Taoist non-action (wu wei)

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acting in accordance with the Tao and not interfering with the natural path of things and will lead to a harmonious society

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Filial piety

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respect of children for their elders, particularly their male elders, was the basis of all morality

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calligraphy

Back 9

five styles of Chinese

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Fu Hsi, I Ching
(Hint: foretell, future)

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Emperor ___ ___ created the __ _____: A text that is made up of long and short lines representing the balance between yin and yang.

Hint 10

The Chinese believe that the combination of lines allows one to ____ the ____.

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Han Fei

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the prime minister of the Ch'in Empire, one of the most important Legalists

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Hsia Dynasty

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founder was a Heavenly Emperor, Yu, who taught the Chinese how to manage the flooding of the Yellow River

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Huang Ti (Heavenly Emperor), 25, extended

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Gave his people the gift of fire and invented the wheel. Had ___ sons, from whom the feudal families of the Zhou era traced their heritage. The story of illustrates the idea of China as an ____ family.

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Lao Tzu, 62, Ching
(Hint: shih)

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Known as the wise old dragon, was born in 604 B.C.E. Conceived by a shooting star and carried in his mother's womb for ___ years. Teachings Tao te ___, or The Classic of the Way and of Virtue.

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Name actually means "old master," became a ___ scholar during the last years of the Zhou dynasty.

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Law of primogeniture

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(one people) all the possessions of the father passed to his eldest son, thereby preserving the family wealth and power

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Legalism, respect, law
(Hint: obey, force)

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Harsh punishments for infractions of the law were necessary in order to compel the population to _____ the emperor's authority and to obey the ___.

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Did not believe that people would ___ the law without some sort of ___ force present.

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Loyang

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Zhou eastern capital, where they maintained power from 722 to 481 B.C.E., center for religious rites

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Mandate of Heaven

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suggested the emperor was divine

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Pan Ku
(Hint: breath, sweat, hair, lice)

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Universe was created from a giant egg, from which emerged the first cosmic man, ___.

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Labored to construct the universe we know it; as he worked, his ___ became the wind, his ____ the rivers, his ___ the grass, and the ____, became humans.

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Period of Five Heavenly Emperors

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The Five Heavenly Emperors established rule by merit rather than by heredity

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Qin (Ch'in)

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First emperor of China was Shi Huang Ti, founder of the ____ Empire

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Rules of Propriety

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Respectful to elders, no innate, know place and keep it; governed Chinese behavior and helped to develop virtuous behavior

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Shan Nung

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gave the Chinese the plow and the market place, two quintessential elements of an agricultural community

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meritocracy

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the idea that government should be conducted by those whose virtue and learning merited their positions of authority and respect

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Shang Dynasty

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The first solidly authenticated dynasty in Chinese history; used the tortoise shells for divination and in their cult of ancestor worship; warrior people; buried their warriors with live servants

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Shi Huang Ti, Ch'in
(Hint: standardized, calligraphy)

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____ was the first emperor of China, founder of ____ Empire; born the illegitimate son of an official;

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Unification of the warring provinces of China. ____ coinage, other measures and weights, and Chinese ____; Erected Great Wall of China

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Silk Road
(Hint: silk)

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Han were forced to go in search of better horses which led to the origins of transcontinental trade along the _____.

Hint 27

Han imported ___ over.

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The Great Wall, northern, Shi Huang Ti, Legalism
(Hint: the tomb)

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____ stood 35 feet high and very wide; built along ____ borders of China. _____ implementation of a new philosophy of virtue and law called _____.

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____ of Shi Huang Ti has, thousands of lifelike, detailed, larger than lifesize status of soldiers and horses.

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The Han Dynasty, Silk Road
(Hint: Loyang, Huns)

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Most well known leader of ____ was the emperor Wu Ti; fought battle the Hsiung nu; founded origins of transcontinental trade along the ____ _____.

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Center of power was the old Zhou site of ____; later they defeated the ____ and extended their power to the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf.

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The polestar

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Zhou modeled their idea of the state and the emperor on the heavens & evolved around the north star; a fixed point in the northern sky around which other stars revolve

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The Zhou , Western, Eastern

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___ had two dynasties. Two capitals, Xi'an (after the collapse of the ____. ____ capital, Loyang, where they maintained power; overthrew the Shang.

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Ti Yao, meritocracy
(Hint: virtue)

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____ needed a successor, but distrusted his own son. He found such a young man named Shun. Established office by ____ through education (civil service exams).

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Concept of ____ determining the emperor.

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Tortoise shell bones
(Hint: shells, inscriptions)

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Remnants of Shang dynasty; Shang used _____ for divination and in their cult of ancestor worship.

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Discovery while the ____ were being ground, guest noticed _____ on them and took some back to his sick host.

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shih scholars

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dominated the administrative apparatus of China for centuries, as these offices were determined by the Confucian idea of merit

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Shun
(Hint: prostitute, learned)

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Ti Yao ceded the throne to ____ because his ability and inner virtue made him more fit for the throne.

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Did not know his own family origins, as his mother was a _____. Moral, hard working, and ____.

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Warring States
(Hint: order, Ch'in)

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___ after the collapse of the Eastern Zhou; feudal lords of China vied for power.

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Created a desire for ____; ____ ruler would reunite China

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Yellow River (China's Sorrow)

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Throughout history there have been many devastating floods of the _____ that have killed thousands; turbulent river; Chinese culture arose on small plots in _____ valleys, cultivated by family units.

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yin and yang

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___: women, negative, cold, dark, passive (broken line). ____: positive, light, heat, energy, male (single line).

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Yu
(Hint: Confusian, virtuous)

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Heavenly Emperor, ___ left behind his family and walked through China for 10 years in order to help his people.

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____ notion of the self-sacrificing and ____ emperor who rules for the good of society.

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Prehistoric Era (Heavanly Emperors), Xia (Hsia), Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Warring States, Qin (Ch'in), Han

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What is the order of the dynasties/periods in China: ____ ____, ____, ___, ___ ___, ___ ____, ___ ___, ___, ____.