Ancient China Vocab

A set of beliefs about the world and how to live

• Censor
• Ancestor Worship
• Philosophy

Pictures that stand for words or ideas

• Pictograph
• Calligraphy
• Chaos

A system of government employees selected for their skills and knowledge who collected taxes and enforced laws

• Governor
• Tax Collector
• Civil Service

Art of Chinese writing

• Cuneiform
• Calligraphy
• Hieroglyphics

Setting rules to make things more similar (language or currency)

• Censor
• Standardize
• Mandate of Heaven

Honoring the spirits of the dead

• Ancestor Worship
• Mandate of Heaven
• Philosophy

A philosophy created by a man named Confucius that said peace and order comes when people act according to their roles in society

• Legalism
• Daoism
• Confucianism

The right for a king or ruler to rule with heaven's (gods) support and approval

• Philosphy
• Pictograph
• Mandate of Heaven

A tool to detect earthquakes

• Dike
• Seismometer
• Kite

A philosophy of following the Dao, or the way, by living in harmony with nature and the universe

• Legalism
• Daoism
• Confucianism