Ancient China

used to predict the future in the early dynasties.

• Chinese Characters.

• Fortune Cookies.

• Oracle Bones.

• Sun Dials.

characters that stand for objects in writing.

• Oracle Bones.

• Filial Piety.

• Characters.

• Hieroglyphics.

children must respect their parents.

• Code of Hammurabi.

• Filial Piety.

• Legalism.

• Ten Commandments.

trade route between China and Europe.

• Mediterranean Passage.

• Hindu Kush.

• Silk Road.

• Great Wall.

Shi Huangdi

• Developed Taoism.

• First emperor of China.

• Developed Confucianism.

• Promoted the Mandate of Heaven.

obeying rulers out of fear.

• Taoism.

• Legalism.

• Confucianism.

• Mandate of Heaven.

Being one with nature.

• Taoism.

• Legalism.

• Confucianism.

• Filial Piety.

philosophy that teaches about the value of relationships and moral behavior.

• Taoism.

• Legalism.

• Confucianism.

• Filial Piety.

used for defense to keep out invaders, expanded as the country grew. 

• Great Wall.

• Silk Road.

• The Great Palace.

• Dynamite.

three levels of society-peasants, nobles, king.

• Caste System.

• Social Class.

• Feudalism.

• Three Party System.