Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

The longest lasting ancient Chinese dynasty that lacked a strong central government giving great power to local rulers

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

The first imperial dynasty named after the state of Qin founded by Shi Huangdi at the conclusion of The Time of the Warring States

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

The second imperial dynasty founded by Liu Bang and known as the Golden Age of of ancient Chinese history

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

A polytheistic early Bronze Age Chinese Dynasty based in the central portion of the North China Plain that used oracle bones during religious ceremonies

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

A bone or shell used in Shang Dynasty rituals

• oracle bone

• pictograph

• dynastic cycle

• Mandate of Heaven

An ancient Chinese belief that a ruler had the god’s approval

• oracle bone

• pictograph

• dynastic cycle

• Mandate of Heaven

The study of basic truths and ideas

• filial piety

• philosophy

• Daoism

• Confucianism

The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who began construction of the Great Wall

• Shi Huangdi

• Liu Bang

• Wudi

• Confucius

A philosophy stressing the strict use of laws to control behavior

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• filial piety

A philosophy taught by Confucius that stresses proper relationships based on respect

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• bureaucracy