Unit 6 Ancient China

a network of roads that expanded trade from China to Eastern Europe

• World Wide Web

• Silk Road

• Great Wall of China

• Spice Road

a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes the need for law and order above all other human concerns

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Taoism (Daoism)

a Chinese philosophy that focuses on how to exist in peace and harmony with nature

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Taoism (Daoism)

a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius, an ancient Chinese philosopher

• Confucianism

• Taoism (Daoism)

• Legalism

the belief that the right to rule (in China) is granted by the gods

• Legalism

• Mandate of Heaven

• Supreme Rule

• Divine Right

pieces of animal bones or turtle shells used in attempts to predict the future

• Tarot bones

• Oracle Bones

• Fortune Bones

• Prediction Bones

the ruler of an empire

• King

• President

• Pharaoh

• Emperor

a line of rulers descended from one family

• royal family

• ruling family

• family tree

• dynasty