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

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

A set of beliefs about the world and how to live

• Censor
• Ancestor Worship
• Philosophy

Pictures that stand for words or ideas

• Pictograph
• Calligraphy
• Chaos

A system of government employees selected for their skills and knowledge who collected taxes and enforced laws

• Governor
• Tax Collector
• Civil Service

The right for a king or ruler to rule with heaven's (gods) support and approval

• Philosphy
• Pictograph
• Mandate of Heaven