Social studies China section 2

Shang

1st Chinese dynasty

The Analects

A book of Confucius's teachings compiled by his students.

Confucius

Desired a return to family order and social harmony

Confucianism stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality.

False - Daoism

Confucius was the most famous Daoist teacher and is credited with writing the basic text of Daoism, The Way and It's Power.

False - Laozi

Daoism was the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled through strict laws and punishments.

False - legalism

Lords

People of high rank who received land in exchange for their loyalty

Daoism

Stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality

Legalists

The first to put their ideas into practice throughout China

Zhou

The longest lasting Chinese dynasty

Peasants

The lowest social class, farmed noble lands

Peasants or farmers with small farms were at the bottom of the social order during the Zhou dynasty

True

Shi Huangdi

founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor

How did the changes in agriculture contribute to the development of the Shang dynasty?

When Huang He flooded it deposited fertile silt. Farmers began to settle along the river. The population grew. Overtime, settlements grew into cities and eventually into larger and more complex societies.

Laozi

Wrote The Way and Its Power, the basic text expressing Daoist thought

Ethics

moral values

Legalism

the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled