Ancient China Review

Shang Di

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• a supreme god

• Heaven

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors

Oracle Bones

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• a talking skeleton

• Heaven

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors

Tian

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• a talking skeleton

• Heaven

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors

Yang Shao

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• Neolithic farming culture that domesticated animals and harvested silk

• Heaven

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors

Mandate of Heaven

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• Neolithic farming culture that domesticated animals and harvested silk

• If a king ruled well, he earned heaven’s support.

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors

Feudalism

• a belief system that people were bad by nature and that only strict laws could                   maintain order.

• a belief system that taught harmony between people and encouraged rulers     to set a good example.

• a system where nobles own the farmland, which is worked by the peasants

• a system where jobs are passed down through their family to their                                   children

Legalism

• a belief system that people were bad by nature and that only strict laws could                   maintain order.

• a belief system that taught harmony between people and encouraged rulers     to set a good example.

• a system where nobles own the farmland, which is worked by the peasants

• a system where jobs are passed down through their family to their                                   children

Confucianism

• a belief system that people were bad by nature and that only strict laws could                   maintain order.

• a belief system that taught harmony between people and encouraged rulers     to set a good example.

• a system where nobles own the farmland, which is worked by the peasants

• a system where jobs are passed down through their family to their                                   children

Hereditary System

• a belief system that people were bad by nature and that only strict laws could                   maintain order.

• a belief system that taught harmony between people and encouraged rulers     to set a good example.

• a system where nobles own the farmland, which is worked by the peasants

• a system where jobs are passed down through their family to their children

Longshan

• used by rulers to ask ancestors for predictions

• Neolithic farming culture that domesticated animals and harvested silk

• Dynasty known for complex walls created through engineering and government               organization

• Early agricultural settlement that built homes with plaster floors