Ancient China Vocabulary

profit

• money gained

• groups moving together

• a guide for people

• to bring goods

Answer explanation

money gained

caravan

• money gained

• group moving together

• obeying rulers out of fear

• a large purple van

Answer explanation

Camels would caravan to the places they needed to go. Now we don't use horses and camels but if you go on a trip with more than one vehicle, it is called a "caravan."

Daoism

• groups at war from the same country

• a group of people

• network of appointment government officials

• teaches the key to a long life & happiness is to accept things as they are. Harmony is achieved by balance & moderation

Answer explanation

teaches the key to a long life & happiness is to accept things as they are. Harmony is achieved by balance & moderation

Silk Road

• money grained

• obeying rulers out of fear

• a series of trade routes from China to Mesopotamia

• to bring goods

Answer explanation

a series of trade routes from China to Mesopotamia

Export

• to send out

• to bring in goods

• obeying rulers out of fear

• a guide for people

Answer explanation

to send out

import

• to bring in goods

• groups at war from the same country

• a guide of people

• money gained

Answer explanation

to bring in goods

civil war

• following rules out of fear

• structures built by the government for the good of everyone

• a set of ideas that is passed down from one generation to the next

• groups at war from the same country

Answer explanation

groups at war from the same country

legalism

• following rules out of fear

• duties

• a set of ideas that is passed down from one generation to the next

• good qualities in a person

Answer explanation

following rules out of fear

bureaucracy

• to bring in goods

• money gained

• duties

• network of appointed government officials

Answer explanation

network of appointed government officials

Confucianism

• groups at war with each other from the same country

• a guide to the way people should live with 5 virtues: charity, kindness, hard work, good faith & courtesy.

• to bring in goods

• volunteer soldiers

Answer explanation

a guide to the way people should live with 5 virtues: charity, kindness, hard work, good faith & courtesy.