VOCABULARY: Ancient China

Filial Piety means

• disrespecting the elders.

• Respecting elders and other relatives.

• teaches peace and order

• teaches honesty

Legalism means

• teaches that men with a talent for governing should take part in goverment.

• upper class

• "School of Law."

  Men need harsh laws.

• None of the above

Which one is Daoism?

• appointed officials responsible for different areas of governmetn

• harsh laws

• based on Laozi's teachings

• promotes peace

Which one is pictograph?

• Chinese writing where they join 2 or more pictures to form an idea

• formal order

• characters that stand for object

• upperclass

A large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from Western China to Southwest Asia. Which one is this?

• Rough Road

• Road to eternity

• Silk Road

• Endless road

Emperors in ancient China passed a mandate. Which one means " mandate?"

• Formal order

• Food distribution

• equal rights

• Clothing

This word means appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

• upper class

• Men should take part in government if they have this skill

This is another kind of character in Chinese writing where they join 2 or more pictograph to represent an idea.

• Daoism

• Ideograph

• line of rulers who belong to the same family

• legalism

Chinese aristocrats were like the nobles in the Middle Ages. Which word describes "aristocrats?"

• Politicians

• Wealthy and owned land.

• knights

• Upper class

_____________ is the line of rulers who belong to the same family.