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| 5780173678 | Sima Qian | a historian who wrote about the development of early imperial China and was later castrated by the emperor. | 0 | |
| 5780173679 | Period of the Warring States | the Zhou Dynasty was split into 8 states who had frequent wars with each other. | 1 | |
| 5780173680 | Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism | schools of thought that emerged during a centuries of chaos and confusion. | 2 | |
| 5780173681 | Kong Fuzi (aka Confucius) | first Chinese thinker who addressed the problem of political and social order in a straight-forward and conscious way. He was also an educator and political advisor. | 3 | |
| 5780173682 | Analects | Book of Confucius's sayings and teaching | 4 | |
| 5780173683 | Junzi | "superior individuals" who took a broad view of public affairs and did not allow personal interests to influence their judgements | 5 | |
| 5780173684 | Confucian values | ren, li, xiao | 6 | |
| 5780173685 | Ren | attitude of kindness and benevolence or a sense of humanity. | 7 | |
| 5780173686 | Li | a sense of propriety; treat others with respect | 8 | |
| 5780173687 | Xiao | filial piety; high significance of family | 9 | |
| 5780173688 | Main thoughts of Confucius | cultivate personal morality and junzi for bringing order to China | 10 | |
| 5780173689 | Mencius | principle spokesman for Confucian school; emphasized ren; believed in a more peaceful government | 11 | |
| 5780173690 | Xunzi | disciple of Confucius; believed humans were selfish and should face harsh, social discipline. | 12 | |
| 5780173691 | Laozi | founder of Daoism | 13 | |
| 5780173692 | dao | "the way" or "the way of nature" | 14 | |
| 5780173693 | Daoism | believed in introspection and live in harmony with nature | 15 | |
| 5780173694 | Wuwei | (main virtue) disengagement from the political world; individuals should act selflessly and live simply | 16 | |
| 5780173695 | Daodejing and Zhuangzi | main books of Daoist beliefs | 17 | |
| 5780173696 | Legalism | believed in devoting their attention to the state, which they sought to strengthen and expand at all costs | 18 | |
| 5780173697 | Shang Yang | chief minister of Qin and Legalist writer | 19 | |
| 5780173698 | Han Feizi | an advidor who synthesized Legalist ideas in essays | 20 | |
| 5780173699 | Legalist Doctrines | - state's strength was in military and agriculture - imposed a strict legal regimen so people feared to commit crimes. -had harsh penalties - everyone should look after one another | 21 | |
| 5780173700 | Qin Dynasty | - adopted Legalist values - encouraged agriculture - built a powerful army | 22 | |
| 5780173701 | QIn Shihuangdi | first emperor; he established centralized imperial rule; burned books against him and buried scholars that criticized him; expanded the great wall of China; | 23 | |
| 5780173702 | Shihuangdi's Tomb | underground palace lined with bronze and protected by traps and crossbows; ceilings showed paintings of stars and planets, and a map of the emperor's realm; was buried with thousands of life size terra cotta soldiers. | 24 | |
| 5780173703 | Fall of Qin Dynasty | revolts began after Shihuangdi's death, and rebels overwhelmed the court by slaughtering officials and burning down buildings. | 25 | |
| 5780173704 | Liu Bang | restored order throughout China and established himself at the head of a new dynasty. | 26 | |
| 5780173705 | Early Han Policies | -Sought a middle way between Zhou decentralization and Qin overcentralization | 27 | |
| 5780173706 | Han Wudi | "Martial Emperor", increased taxes to fund public works; relied on Legalist principles; implemented many imperial universities | 28 | |
| 5780173707 | What two policies did Han Wudi want to achieve? | administrative centralization and imperial expansion | 29 | |
| 5780173708 | Han Centrelization | - Built an enormous bureaucracy to rule the empire - Continued to build roads and canals - Levied taxes on agriculture, trade, and craft industries - Imperial monopolies on production of iron and salt - Established Confucian educational system for training bureaucrats | 30 | |
| 5780173709 | Han Imperial Expansion | Invaded and colonized northern Vietnam and Korea. | 31 | |
| 5780173710 | Modu | most successful leader of the Xiongnu | 32 | |
| 5780173711 | Why did China (Han Dynasty) experience social and economic problems? | land became concentrated in the hands of a small, wealthy elite class | 33 | |
| 5780173712 | What did the book "Classic of Filial Piety" teach? | children should obey and honor their parents as well as other superiors and political authorities. | 34 | |
| 5780173713 | Ban Zhao | famous woman scholar in Chinese history; believed that girls should be educated as well as boys | 35 | |
| 5780173714 | Iron metallurgy | used for domestic and military purposes | 36 | |
| 5780173715 | sericulture | the manufacture of silk | 37 | |
| 5780173716 | Why did the Chinese invent paper? | it was less expensive than silk, and easier to write on than bamboo. | 38 | |
| 5780173717 | Wang Mang | "socialist emperor"; limited land distribution which later lead to his death. | 39 | |
| 5780173718 | Yellow turban uprising | rebels who wore yellow turbans | 40 | |
| 5780173719 | Fall of Han dyansty | revolts and violence weakened the government. | 41 |
