Ancient China Vocabulary

a military commander exercising civil power by force

• Confucias

• warlord

• Gobi

• acupuncture

someone who works land owned by someone else and works for a share crop.

• censor

• ancestor

• tenant farmer

• Dao

a member of upper class society

• ancestor

• hunter gatherer

• farmer

• aristocrat

a person that someone is descended from

• ancestor

• descendant

• astronomer

• Brahman

a symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• kanji

• papyrus

• pictograph

• letter

A system of beliefs based on the teachings of moral responsibilty

• Dao
• Legalism
• Daoism
• Confucianism

Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Mandate of Heaven

teaching of Confucius that called for children to respect and honor their parents

• filial piety

• philosophy

• Daoism

• monarchy

 An official who watches others for correct behavior is called 

• censor
• ancestor 
• aristocrat