Ancient China Vocabulary Quiz

The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship that stressed love for humanity, ancestor worship, and harmony in thought.

• Daoism/Taoism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Bureaucracy

The political idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Filial Piety

• Dynastic Cycle

• Tian Shan

A Chinese philosophy where people practice humility, lead a simple life and have harmony with nature.

• Legalism

• Daoism/Taoism

• Confucianism

• Isolationism

The supreme ruler of an empire

• Huang He

• Tian Shan

• Caravan

• Emperor

An exchange of goods or services without using money.

• Filial Piety

• Silk Road

• Dynastic Cycle

• Barter

The belief that children owe their parents and ancestors respect.

• Dynastic Cycle

• Mandate of Heaven

• Legalism

• Filial Piety

The pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in ancient and early China

• Filial Piety

• Mandate of Heaven

• Great Wall

• Dynastic Cycle

A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service.

• Isolationism

• Daoism/Taoism

• Great Wall

• Legalism

A group of people that travel together.

• Caravan

• Barter

• Silk Road

• Terracotta

A rejection of foreign contact and outside influences.

• Legalism

• Great Wall

• Taoism

• Isolationism