Vocab China and Greece Rome

What is the definition of Dynasty

• a system of testing designed to select the most studious and

  learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese

  government.

• a sequence of rulers from the same family

• a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do

  wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest

  and require strict laws to control their impulses.

• c). an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, as well

  as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation.

What is the warring states period?

• an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, as well

  as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation.

• a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do

  wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest

  and require strict laws to control their impulses.

• the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's

  parents, elders, and ancestors

• a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by

  Confucius and developed by Mencius.

What was Filial Piety

• a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by

  Confucius and developed by Mencius.

• a sequence of rulers from the same family

• Considered to be the Golden Age of China

• the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's

  parents, elders, and ancestors

What was Confucianism

• Considered to be the Golden Age of China

• a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do

  wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest

  and require strict laws to control their impulses.

• a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by

  Confucius and developed by Mencius.

• a system of testing designed to select the most studious and

  learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese

  government.

What was Legalism

• a system of testing designed to select the most studious and

  learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese

  government.

• the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's

  parents, elders, and ancestors

• a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do

  wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest

  and require strict laws to control their impulses.

• a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by

  Confucius and developed by Mencius.

What was the Civil Service Examinations

• a system of testing designed to select the most studious and

  learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese

  government.

• Considered to be the Golden Age of China

• the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's

  parents, elders, and ancestors

• a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by

  Confucius and developed by Mencius.

What was the Han Dynasty

• Considered to be the Golden Age of China

• a system of testing designed to select the most studious and

  learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese

  government.

• a sequence of rulers from the same family

• the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for one's

  parents, elders, and ancestors

What is a Socratic Method?

• a form of argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions. It is named after the Classical Greek philosopher

  Socrates.

• any of the resident aliens, including freed enslaved people.

• an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centered

  on the Peloponnese

• a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the

  general population of a state.

Polis

• a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

• a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy

  infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar pole weapons tightly

  packed together.

• a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for

  philosophical purposes.

• one of five senior Spartan magistrates.

Hellenistic

• relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of

  Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian

  in 31 BC.

• a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for

  philosophical purposes.

• a serf in ancient Sparta, a person who had to work on land owned by the

  state.

• cruel and oppressive government or rule.