After the ruling family, they made up the highest- ranking social class. They fought/lead in the king’s armies

A piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors

A large organization that operates using a fixed set of rules and conditions. At each level of the

organization, people direct those who are at the level below them.

To make the same (same laws, same money, same language for everyone)

Rich landowners at the top of the social classes

 Skilled workers that included potters, stonemasons, and workers crafting items of bronze and jade

When people in government or holding power are selected based on their abilities.

A form of writing that uses characters that stand for words

Belief that the right to rule comes from the gods (the gods say that you should be in charge/king/queen)

A Chinese philosophy based on the importance of  strict and harsh laws

A belief system that teaches about the respect and loyalty in five relationships to bring goodness to society

A Chinese philosophy focused on obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature

The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents and grandparents

A stone-and-earth structure about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary

A trade route covering 4,000 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through Asia

A healing technique that involves thin needles are inserted into specific parts of the body.

An instrument that measures details of an earthquake

A healing method in which a moxa—a small cone of powdered leaves or sticks—is placed on or near the skin and burned

Working in/for the government