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| 49360301 | Dao | "the way of nature"; refers to a Chinese religious philosophy; emerged at the end of the Zhou; founded by Lao Tzu; embraced nature's harmony and adds a sense of nature's mystery | 0 | |
| 49360302 | Qin Dynasty | established in 221 BCE at the end of the Warring States Period following the decline of the Zhou dynasty; founded by Qin Shi Huangdi; reorganized China into large provinces; developed strong military; Great Wall was built; census introduced | 1 | |
| 49360303 | (Qin) Shi Huangdi | founder of the brief Qin Dynasty in 221 BCE; removes power of feudal lords----bureaucrats rule large provinces; brutal ruler; built up a very strong army to destroy possible threats; built the Great Wall; institutes census | 2 | |
| 49360304 | Great Wall | Chinese defensive fortification intended to keep out the nomadic invaders from the north; initiated during the Qin Dynasty | 3 | |
| 49360305 | Han Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Qin in 202 BCE; ruled for the next 400 years; established by peasant revolt after death of Shi Huangdi; reduce taxes and brutalities; expanded empire; Emperor WuTi (enforcer of peace); Confucian Civil Service Exam | 4 | |
| 49360306 | Kung Fuzi (Confucious) | major Chinese philosopher; author of the Analects; philosophy based on need for restoration of order through advice of superior men to be found among Shi | 5 | |
| 49360307 | Legalism | school of political thought that emerged during the Qin and Han Dynasties; rejected Confucian belief; favored authoritarian state (masses not capable of self-rule; humans evil by nature) | 6 | |
| 49360308 | Laozi (Lao Tzu) | founded Daoism; ideas embraced nature's harmony and adds a sense of nature's mystery; spiritual alternative to Confucianism | 7 | |
| 49360309 | "Mean" People | a level of Chinese social structure below peasantry; people who performed rough transport and other unskilled jobs and suffered from the lowest possible status; identified by green scarf | 8 | |
| 49360310 | Confucian Bureaucracy | during the Han Dynasty, Emperor WuTi implemented formal training of bureaucrats; civil service examinations for bureaucrats - meant you had to be trained and knowledgeable to oversee society | 9 | |
| 49917457 | Dynasty | family of kings passing down rule through lineage | 10 | |
| 49917458 | Cyclic | one dynasty replaces another | 11 | |
| 49917459 | Zhou Dynasty | displaced Shang Dynasty; alliances with regional princes and families (feudal system); overtook Yangtze River Valley (Middle Kingdom); invoked the "Mandate of Heaven"; Mandarin Chinese language; Confucious (philosopher) | 12 | |
| 49917460 | Mandate of Heaven | belief of Chinese emperors that they ruled because the gods wanted them to rule. | 13 | |
| 49917461 | Yin & Yang | symbolizes universal balance and a "harmonious earthly life"; | 14 | |
| 49917462 | System of Ethics | "do unto others as your status and theirs dictates" | 15 |
