Ancient China 2 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What is the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of society?
Philosophy
What is a military leader who controls an area of land called?
Warlord
What belief states that the right to rule comes from the gods?
Mandate of Heaven
What is the idea that children should honor and care for their parents?
Filial piety
What are symbols or pictures in a writing system that combine two or more pictographs to express an idea?
Ideographs
What are symbols or pictures in a writing system that represent an object?
Pictographs
What is an upper class citizen who holds wealth and power called?
Aristocrat
What is a person that someone is descended from?
Ancestor
Which dynasty began the process of building the Great Wall of China?
Qin dynasty
How did Han Wudi reform the government of the Han dynasty?
By changing the process behind appointing government officials
What philosophy emphasizes duty to one’s family, practice of good actions, and open government offices to all people?
Confucianism
Which major trade route spread goods from China to parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Europe?
Silk Road
Did the Great Wall of China keep the Mongols from invading?
No
What job was held by the majority of people in China?
Farmers
In Buddhism, what needs to be followed to help a person reach Nirvana?
Follow the Eightfold Path
Did China share the process for making silk with other civilizations?
They kept it a secret
Who created Daoism?
Laozi
What is a state of perfect peace, according to Buddhism?
Nirvana
What philosophy combined the ideas of Daoism and Buddhism and taught that people should be concerned with life after death?
Neo-Confucianism
Who created the philosophy of Legalism?
Hanfeizi
Who was a fierce Mongol leader who invaded China?
Genghis Khan
What was invented in the Zhou dynasty that helped soldiers stay securely on their horses when riding into battle?
Stirrups
