Unit 2 Social Studies Vocabulary

What is the meaning of 'Japanese missions'?

• A) A political philosophy of strong central rule, strict laws, and punishments

• B) Official groups sent to China to learn from the Tang court and study Buddhism

• C) Emphasized compassion and the possibility for all beings to reach nirvana

What does 'Legalism' refer to?

• A) A political philosophy of strong central rule, strict laws, and punishments

• B) Ideas about beauty

• C) Devotion to family

What is 'Mahayana Buddhism'?

• A) Emphasized compassion and the possibility for all beings to reach nirvana

• B) The organized offices and people who carry out what a government wants to get done

• C) Korean alphabet invented by King Sejong

What are 'aesthetics'?

• A) Ideas about beauty

• B) Devotion to family

• C) Official groups sent to China to learn from the Tang court and study Buddhism

What is 'bureaucracy'?

• A) The organized offices and people who carry out what a government wants to get done

• B) Emphasized compassion and the possibility for all beings to reach nirvana

• C) A political philosophy of strong central rule, strict laws, and punishments

What does 'filial piety' mean?

• A) Devotion to family (for example obeying parents and practicing ancestor worship)

• B) Korean alphabet invented by King Sejong

• C) Ideas about beauty

What is 'hangul'?

• A) Korean alphabet invented by King Sejong

• B) Official groups sent to China to learn from the Tang court and study Buddhism

• C) The organized offices and people who carry out what a government wants to get done

What is the meaning of the word 'patriarchy'?

• A) A system of power and favor for males

• B) Warriors who fought for the lords of decentralized Japan

• C) Daoist idea of opposing forces that exist in harmony

• D) A monarch’s right to rule, dependent on caring for the people’s well-being.

Who were the 'samurai'?

• A) A system of power and favor for males

• B) Warriors who fought for the lords of decentralized Japan

• C) Daoist idea of opposing forces that exist in harmony

• D) A monarch’s right to rule, dependent on caring for the people’s well-being.

What does 'yin/yang' represent?

• A) A system of power and favor for males

• B) Warriors who fought for the lords of decentralized Japan

• C) Daoist idea of opposing forces that exist in harmony

• D) A monarch’s right to rule, dependent on caring for the people’s well-being.