Chapter 6 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Jade
A hard gemstone.
Oracle
Is a prediction.
Lords
Or people of high rank
Peasants
Or farmers with small farms
Confucius
Became the most influential teacher in Chinese history.
Ethics
Or 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
Tne belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.
Shi Huangdi
First Imperior
Great Wall
A barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier.
Sundial
Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.
Seismograph
A device that measures the strength of an earthquake.
Acupuncture
Is 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 Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea.
Diffusion
The spread of ideas from one culture to another.