vocab
Across
- 3. a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner.
- 5. begun his reign by halting the internal battles that had sapped China’s strength
- 8. a Chinese book of oracles, consulted to answer ethical and practical problems.
- 9. two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life
Down
- 1. a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government.is leader of the government
- 2. a philosophy based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Laozi, who taught that people should be guided by a universal force called the Dao (Way).The philosophy of Laozi came to be known as
- 4. a short-lived Chinese dynasty that replaced the Zhou dynasty in the third century B.C.
- 6. respect shown by children for their parents and elders.respect for their parents and ancestors.
- 7. was born at a time of crisis and violence in China. He had a deep desire to restore the order and moral living of earlier times to his society.
- 8. a Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order.