Chinese Civilizations

Who was one of the main representatives of Legalism?

_____ was known to the Chinese as the First Teacher, also known as “Master Kung.”

It was believed that Heaven kept order in the universe through the Zhou king. This was known as the __

The founder of the Han Dynasty, Liu Pang, was also known as _____

The most important trade route in ancient times was the _____.

The key ideas of Daoism are discussed in a short work known as _____

What was the capital of the Shang dynasty?

The Huang He is also known as the ___ in China.

Tribe to the North of China that used to invade the Qin dynasty.

Confucius was a harsh critic of his own times. He stressed a return to the values of the ____ of the early Zhou dynasty.

Tao Te Ching was a...

According to Confucius, everyone should be governed by _____.

Chinese soldiers on foot were called ______.

People should give up wordly desires in favor of nature and the Dao. This is...

The central bureaucracy was divided into three parts: the civil division, the military division, and the _____.

Confucius’s interest in philosophy was _____, not spiritual.

What would happen to the Zhou king if natural disaster happened?

It tries to set forth proper forms of behavior for human beings on Earth basically by inaction.

Society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment. This is...

The Mandate of Heaven was closely tied to the pattern of _____.

What was one of the most important Chinese inventions for the whole world?

The two main rivers in China for the ancient civilizations were_____

The ___, or exact copies, of physical objects were used to accompany the dead on their journey to the afterlife.

The writing systems developed by the early Chinese civilizations were______

In 403 B.C., civil war broke out, beginning an age known in Chinese history as the _____.

The second key element in the Confucian view of the Dao is _____, which means compassion and empathy for others.

Aristocratic military leaders who governed over provinces during the Shang dynasty.

Which philosophy was adopted by the first Han rulers after they refused Legalism?

In 403 B.C., civil war broke out, beginning an age known in Chinese history as the _____.

_____ are characters that combine two or more pictographs to represent an idea.

Which river is longer: the Huang He or the Chang Jiang?

One spiritual tradition in China that had to do with dead family members was the ______

Name of the desert located to the north of China.

At the heart of the concept of family in China was the idea of _____.

What happened to those who opposed the Qin government?

The two main elements in Confucius ideas about Dao are...

He is considered the founder or Daoism.

Daoism was a system of ideas based on the teachings of _____.

One of the most amazing architectural accomplishments by the Chinese people is the ______

_____ are picture symbols, or characters, which represent an object.

The ruler of the Qin dynasty was __, meaning “the First Qin Emperor.” He came to the throne in 246 B.C. at 13 years old.

The Chinese king was expected to rule according to the proper “Way,” called the _____.

The capital of the Qin dynasty was _____.

People should put the needs of their families and community first. This is...

Qin statues made of hardened clay that were found in a pit 56 km east of Xian. They were about 6,000 soldiers.

Daoists believe that the way to follow the will of Heaven is not through action but _____.

The book that contains the ideas of Confucianism is______

It proposed that humans are evil by nature.

The _____ was a way to choose government officials for what they knew how to do.

In A.D. 190, rebel armies sacked the Han capital, _____.

He is considered the First Teacher and his name means Master Kung.

Many followers revered Confucius as a great teacher, recorded his sayings in a book called the _____.

The ___ dynasty, the longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history, ruled for almost eight hundred years (1045 to 256 B.C.)

The Confucian concept of duty is often expressed in the form of a ___.

The philosophies that were followed in China were...

These were bones on which priests scratched questions asked by the rulers.

Qin Shihuangdi lined the walls that had been built by some northern communities. This first wall was known as _____.

The founder of the Han dynasty, _____, was of peasant origin but became known by his title of Han Gaozu.

The cavalry of the Zhou soldiers was armed with the powerful _____, a Chinese invention of the seventh century B.C.

Eventually, one of the warring states —the _____— took control. They created a new dynasty in 221 B.C.