History Vocab test
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copy deck
- monopoly
- complete control of a product or business by one person or group
- The Analects
- collected sayings by Confucius
- ideograph
- sign that expresses an abstract idea
- clan
- group of families with a common ancestor
- calligraphy
- fancy or stylized handwriting
- philosophy
- system of ideas
- expansionism
- policy of increasing the amount of territory the government holds
- oracle bone
- bone used by priests in Shang China to predict the future
- feudalism
- loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord
- Daoism
- philosophy that taught living in harmony with nature
- filial piety
- respect for parents
- The Way of Virtue
- collectected writings of Laozi, or "Old Master"
- dynastic cycle
- rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven
- loess
- fine windblown yellow soil
- warlord
- local military leader
- Legalism
- philosophy based on Hanfeizi' teachings
- acupuncture
- medical treatment in which needles are inserted under the skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illnesses