Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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jade
A
a hard gemstone
2
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oracle
A
a prediction
3
Q
lords
A
people of high rank
4
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peasants
A
farmers with small farms
5
Q
Laozi
A
was most famous Daoist teacher
6
Q
Daoism
A
stressed living in harmony with Dao
7
Q
ethics
A
moral values
8
Q
Confuianism
A
the ideas of Confucius
9
Q
Legalism
A
the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
10
Q
Shi Huangdi
A
which mean ‘first emperor’
11
Q
Great Wall
A
a barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier
12
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sundial
A
uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of the day
13
Q
seismograph
A
a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
14
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acupuncture
A
the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
15
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silk
A
a soft, light, highly valued fabric
