Ancient China Vocabulary Review

A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures.

• hieroglyphic

• ideograph

• pictograph

• emoji

People who investigated acts of official corruption and misgovernment for the emperor.

• police

• aristocrat

• ancestor

• censor

A person that someone is descended from.

• aristocrat

• ancestor

• Mandate of Heaven

• censor

A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws with harsh punishments to make sure people did the right thing and followed the rules of society.

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

A symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea.

• ideograph

• pictograph

• hieroglyphic

• light bulb

A medium of exchange, in the form of paper or coins, usually issued by a government.

• money

• change

• currency

• loess

Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.

• Great Wall of China

• Gobi Desert

• Yellow River

• The Silk Road

 A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius, emphasized the importance of family and community.

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents.

• filial piety

• Confucianism

• loess

• ancestor