Chapter 10: Early China

3. a system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other forms of support to the ruler
4. complete control of a product or business by one person or a group
5. local military rulers
7. made Confucianism the state religion, name means "Martial Emperor"
8. the art of producing beautiful handwriting
12. fine windblown yellow soil
13. government officials
16. written symbols in writing systems such as that of the Chinese
17. system of ideas

1. the rise and fall of dynasties
2. "Old Master," wrote "The Way of Virtue," associated with Daoism
3. respect for parents
6. medical treatment, originated in ancient China, in which needles are inserted into the skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illnesses
9. China's most famous philosopher
10. policy of increasing the amount of territory a government holds
11. groups of families who claim a common ancestor
14. in Shang China, animal bone or turtle shell used by priests to predict the future
15. "First Emperor" of China, ruled by authoritarian means