China Vocabulary

What is the term for excessive following or obeying of laws or rules?

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

What is a dynasty?

• A type of government

• A line of hereditary rulers from the same family

• A religious belief

• A trade route

Which religion is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Legalism

What does Daoism emphasize?

• Strict laws and rules

• Harmony with a natural balance order of the universe

• Hereditary rule

• Trade and commerce

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• A type of silk

• A belief that the Chinese Emperor had a divine right to rule

• A trade route

• A collection of teachings

What does Confucianism focus on?

• Trade and commerce

• Personal ethics and morality

• Military conquest

• Artistic expression

What is loess?

• A type of silk

• A yellowish-gray windblown sediment or silt

• A religious text

• A trade route

What is silk?

• A type of metal

• A smooth fabric produced by silkworms

• A religious belief

• A trade route

What was the Silk Road?

• A religious text

• A series of ancient trade routes

• A type of government

• A collection of laws

What are the Analects?

• A type of fabric

• A written collection of Confucius’ sayings and teachings

• A trade route

• A religious belief