Ancient China Vocab.

appointed government officials 

• bureaucracy
• dynasty
• aristocrat
• warlord

landowning noble who is superior in social class

• bureaucracy
• aristocrat
• warlord
• dynasty

served under the king and commanded the armies

• warlords
• aristocrat
• peasant farmer
• artisan

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

• Confucianism
• Mandate
• Dao
• Daoism

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

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Mandate of Heaven

a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws

• Legalism
• Dao
• Daoism
• Confucianism

A system of beliefs based on the teachings of moral responsibilty

• Dao
• Legalism
• Daoism
• Confucianism

Shang leader's used an oracle bone made from a turtle shell. What was its purpose?

• to serve a ceremonial meal

• to make music for his family

• to send messages to the nobles

• to ask advice from his ancestors