Ancient China Vocab practice

Define channels.

• a straight or narrow sea between two land masses

• a member of an upper class society

• a symbol in a writing system

• a group of non-elected government officials

Match the definition to correct vocabulary word.

• ideographs

• a person that someone is descended from

• pictographs

• a symbol based on pictures

• warlords

• a symbol that represents a thing or idea

• aristocrats

• a military commander exercising civil power by force

• ancestor

• a member of an upper class society

A bureaucracy is a group of _____ elected government officials

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods

• Chinese system of beliefs that describes the way a person must rule

• the study of basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong

• the responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents

Dao is the Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a person must _______.

What are philosophies?

• the study of the basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong

• a straight or narrow sea between two land masses

• a group of non elected government officials

• something used as a form of exchange

a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius is called ​ ​ (a)  

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism

a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature is ​ (a)  

• Daoism
• Confucianism
• Legalism

a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws is called ​ (a)  

• Legalism
• Daoism
• Confucianism

Match the word to the correct definition.

• waterwheels

• something such as coins or paper money that is used as a medium of exchange

• filial piety

• a Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain

• acupuncture

• a wheel made to turn by the water flowing against

• currency

• the administrative service of government

• civil service

• the responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents