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line of rulers from the same family
a) dynasty
b) Legalism
c) Dao
d) Silk Road

noble whose wealth came from land ownership
a) aristocrat
b) mandate
c) pictograph
d) ideograph

a character that stands for an object
a) pictograph
b) ideograph
c) filial piety
d) Dao

a character that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea
a) ideograph
b) pictograph
c) dynasty
d) Daoism

formal order
a) mandate
b) Dao
c) Legalism
d) Confucianism

the proper way Chinese kings were expected to rule under the Mandate of Heaven
a) Dao
b) mandate
c) filial piety
d) acupuncture

children’s respect for their parents and older relatives, an important part of Confucian beliefs
a) filial piety
b) mandate
c) Dao
d) Legalism

system of beliefs introduced by the Chinese thinker Confucius; taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society
a) Confucianism
b) Daoism
c) Legalism
d) Dao

Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns
a) Daoism
b) Legalism
c) Confucianism
d) dynasty

Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
a) Legalism
b) Daoism
c) Confucianism
d) aristocrat

Chinese practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patients’ skin
a) acupuncture
b) pictograph
c) ideograph
d) aristocrat

also known as the Yellow River, about 2,900 miles long and gets its name from the rich yellow soil it carries from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean
a) Huang He River
b) Chang Jiang River
c) Anyang
d) Silk Road

also known as the Yangtze River, about 3,400 miles long and empties into the Yellow Sea
a) Chang Jiang River
b) Huang He River
c) Anyang
d) Silk Road

China’s first capital
a) Anyang
b) Huang He River
c) Chang Jiang River
d) Silk Road

a large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles from western China to southwest Asia
a) Silk Road
b) Huang He River
c) Chang Jiang River
d) Anyang

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