Chapter 6 Flashcards
(18 cards)
jade
a hard gemstone
oracle
a prediction
lords
people of high rank
peasants
farmers with small farms
confucius
the most influential teacher in Chinese history
ethics
moral values
confucianism
The ideas of Confucius
Daoism
stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality
Laozi
The most famous Daoist teacher
legalism
the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
Shi Huangdi
means ¨first emporer¨
Great Wall
a barrier that linked earlier walls across Chinas northern frontier
sundial
uses the position of a shadow cast by the sun to tell the time of the day
seismograph
a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
acupuncture
the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
silk
a soft, light, highly valued fabric
Silk Road
4,000 -mile-long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asais deserts and mountain ranges, through the middle east, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea
diffusion
the spread of ideas from one culture to another