Learn: Unit 2 Vocabulary - Ancient China & India

Silk Road

Large Trading Route that connected China, India, and the Middle East. Cultures diffused as well as goods traded (ie. Buddhism imported to China and silk exported)

Civil Service Exam

a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government based on ability.

philosopher

A system of beliefs and values that emphasized morality, education, and proper behavior

Legalism

the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled with punishment to maintain social order.

Daoism

the belief that humans should live in harmony with nature and that a universal force controls all things (ie. little government control needed)

Confucianism

the belief that the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. by showing respect to your elders, and as an elder, being a good role model for those beneath you.

Invention of Paper

An important accomplishment of the Chinese during the Han dynasty - it replaced silk as it was cheaper to buy and easier to bind into books.

Emperor Qin

Unified the warring states into one empire; used slave labor to construct Terra Cotta Army and the first Great Wall.

Great Wall of China

world's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China, started by the Qin Dynasty, expanded by the Han Dynasty,