Ancient China Vocabulary

A military leader operating outside the control of the government

• ancestor

• hereditary

• warlord

• Mandate of Heaven

A relative who lived in the past

• ancestor

• hereditary

• bronze

• dyansty

Passing of traits from parent to offspring

• philosophy

• warlord

• silk

• hereditary

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

• ancestor

• Mandate of Heaven

• bronze

• filial piety

Term that Ancient China used to refer to themselves. They believed they were the center of the Earth.

• warlord

• Mandate of Heaven

• ancestor

• Middle Kingdom

a mixture of copper and tin

• philosophy

• silk

• bronze

• dynasty

a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by special catipillars.

• silk

• bronze

• hereditary

• warlord

a series of rulers from the same family

• filial piety

• hereditary

• dynasty

• Mandate of Heaven

a system of beliefs and values

• philosophy

• civil service

• ancestor

• dynasty

A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius; provides for stable government, orderly society, and stresses a moral code of conduct.

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism