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China term list UNIT 3

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Ancestor Worship
A form of worshiping one's dead relatives because of the thought that one's ancestors could control the living
Civil Service System
The way to hire people in the Chinese government through a competitive examination
Zhou Dynasty
a clan who overthrew the Shang Dynasty by obtaining the mandate
Tang Dynasty
The first dynasty to have the first Cosmopolitan culture/society with great economic growth and a political system(much like our own),
Great wall of china, what dynasty?
Qin
Daosim leader and author of Dao te Ching
Laozi
Major trading good
silk
Bureaucracy
A set of rules and regulations put in place to control activity in government or large organizations
Filial Piety
is one of the virtues to be cultivated: a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.
Shi Huangdi
unified China and was the founder of the Qin dynasty, was a violent guy
Some of the oldest examples of Chinese writing were left by Shang priests on
oracle bones
Yin and Yang
balance between opposites
grand canal
wold's oldest and longest canal built during the Wu dynasty.
Zheng He
Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made voyages
The Way of Virtue
the teachings of self-concealment and namelessness.
Foot Binding during Song Dynasty by ideals of
Confucianism
Analects
a collection of Confucius writings
Sui Dynasty
Abolished noble families privileges that grew through Age of Division Created an Imperial Examination System to select officialss
Daoism
philosophy created by Lao Tzu which stresses unity of humanity and the universe.
tributary states
one of the two main ways in which a pre-modern state might be subordinate to a more powerful neighbor.
Confucius believed that
younger people should respect their elders
Five Relationships
ruler to subject, parent to child, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend
Shang Dynasty
(1523-1027 BC) first dynasty of china,oracle bones
Qin Dynasty
(221-206 BC)the first dynasty to unify all of China under one ruler, Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Confucianism
the proper relationships in society (father/son)
Silk Road
Trade route from China to the Middle East. Called the Silk Road due to China's most important export
Kublai Khan
Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan
Mandate of Heaven
a belief system that states that heaven will choose fairly the new leader/dynasty of china
Qing Dynasty
(1644)the laast of the Chinese dynasties
Empire
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
Qianlong's Letter to George III
told King George that resisted external trade and their demands
Dynastic Cycle
when a new dynasty takes over and claims the mandate of heaven
Han Dynasty
poetry and literature flourished, (golden age)established Confucianism
Genghis Khan
Mongolian empire who ruled over most of China
Dynasty
a generation or sequence of leaders and rulers
Legalism
philosophy based on law, that is the belief that the law should be applied to all subjects
Meritocracy
A system where individuals are chosen or promoted based on past achievements
Manchus
a tribe of the Jurchen group, originally from the northeast part of present-day China
Pax Mongolia
An era of peace throughout much of Eurasia after the Mongol conquest of the 13th century
Great Wall of China
(a powerful structure) built in the Qin Dynasty to protect the northern border of China from attacks
Mongols did what?
stabilized China, expanded the territory, and increased trade
In Ming China, why did European traders pay for Chinese silks and porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods?
the did not want inferior goods
Macao
One of two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty
Warlords
military leaders with civil power in a region
Marco Polo
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan
Feudalism
a political and economic system under which land was granted by a landowner to a person in exchange for military service or other duties
Confuscianists ideas recorded in the
Analects
Song Dynasty
built an effective centralized bureaucracy staffed with civilian scholar-officials
The Philosophy of Daoism is concerned with
harmony with nature
Mongols
nomadic peoples
Ming Dynasty
Mongol Yuan dynasty in China
achievement during Han golden age?
art of papermaking

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