Chinese History

Question 1

dynasty

Answer 1

sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group

Question 2

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 2

a political theory that says that those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source

Question 3

dynastic cycle

Answer 3

the cycle that dynasties go through where they get and lose power

Question 4

filial piety

Answer 4

respect, obedience, and care for elderly family members

Question 5

bureaucracy

Answer 5

a body of officials and administrators of government and government department

Question 6

Human Capital

Answer 6

Knowledge, skills, or talent a person possesses.

Question 7

Investment in human capital

Answer 7

efforts to acquire and improve human capital.

Question 8

Shinto

Answer 8

A native Japanese religion meaning “way of the gods,” and focuses on worshiping nature and ancestor gods.

Question 9

Etiquette

Answer 9

A cods of correct behavior and appearance.

Question 10

Feudalism

Answer 10

A social and economic system in which peasant farmers worked land for a landowner.

Question 11

Samurai

Answer 11

loyal warriors who lived according to a demanding cose of behavior called “Bushido”.

Question 12

Bushido

Answer 12

“way of the warrior”

Question 13

Daimyo

Answer 13

territorial war lords who protected those loyal to them with a private army of samurai.

Question 14

Kabuki

Answer 14

dramas in which actors performed skits about urban life

Question 15

Haiku

Answer 15

type of poetry that presents images