24-25 Topic 3 Vocabulary Review Game

rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven.

• dynastic cycle
• Confucius
• Confucius
• calligraphy

China's most famous philosopher

• Confucius
• Laozi
• calligraphy
• Shi Huangdi

“Old Master” in the Chinese language. He was appointed a historian in one of the Zhou dynasty courts and developed a philosophy of inner calm, purity of mind, and living in harmony with nature that is called Dao, or the way of the universe

• Laozi
• calligraphy
• Shi Huangdi
• Wudi

the art of producing beautiful handwriting

• calligraphy
• Shi Huangdi
• Wudi
• civil servant

proclaimed himself “First Emperor.” of China. Using spies, loyal generals, and bribery, he created a unified China under his authoritarian rule. His empire collapsed four years after his death.

• Shi Huangdi
• Wudi
• civil servant
• reincarnation

He succeeded in expanding the Han empire, though it came at a high cost to his soldiers and people and made Confucianism the state religion.

• Wudi
• civil servant
• reincarnation
• karma

government officials

• civil servant
• reincarnation
• karma
• dharma

in Hindu belief, the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form.

• reincarnation
• karma
• dharma
• caste

in Hindu belief, all the actions that determine a person’s fate in the next life.

• karma
• dharma
• caste
• Siddhartha Gautama

in Hindu belief, the religious and moral duties of an individual

• dharma
• caste
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Four Noble Truths