Ancient Civilizations Textbook Chapter 6

MASON R. (United States of America)
'Lords' didn't work so I used 'lord' instead.
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  1. jade
    a semiprecious gemstone that is usually green
  2. oracle
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  3. lord
    a person who has general authority over others
  4. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  5. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  6. Confucianism
    the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity
  7. Daoism
    philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
  8. legalism
    strict conformity to the law rather than its spirit
  9. Great Wall
    a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
  10. sundial
    timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
  11. seismograph
    an instrument for measuring movements of the ground
  12. acupuncture
    treatment of illness by inserting thin needles in the skin
  13. silk
    animal fibers produced by larvae that spin cocoons
  14. Silk Road
    an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean
  15. diffusion
    the act of dispersing something
Created on Wed Nov 06 20:42:33 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 07 13:22:23 EST 2013)

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