ANCIENT CHINA GLOSSARY CSJB

What is a Cocoon?

• a typical Chinese food

• a silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection as pupae

• a product made by artisans

• a religious object

What is Feudalism?

• a social system existing in medieval Europe in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land in return.

• A philosophy of government

• a religious doctrine

• an agricultural technique

What is Legalism?

• a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest and require strict laws to control their impulses

• an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality

• a Chinese religion

• A military doctrine

What is millet?

• A type of music played in ancient China

• a cereal grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils, bearing a large crop of small seeds which are chiefly used to make flour.

• a grain grown in the Himalayas

• A type of crop similar to onions

The yin and yang are ______

• the two temples of Laozi.
• the sun and the stars.
• things that are the same and must be kept together at all times.
• two polar forces in all things that must be kept in balance.

Who is considered to be the founder of Daoism?

• Confucius

• Lao Tzu

• Sun Tzu

• Mao Zedong

Daoists believe the government should _________________________ in peoples' lives.

• bring harmony

• make changes

• be important

• not interfere

"The universe is a balance of opposites" is a belief of which system?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

Was was called the Silk Road?

• A Chinese street decorated with silk

• The road that led to the palace of Shi Huang Di

• The process to produce silk

• major trade route that crossed China

What is bureaucracy?

• A secret police that spied people in the Qin Dynasty

• A social policy during the Shang dynasty

• A system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully

• A government where nobles receive authority from the kings