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4. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
6. a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time
7. The book that Kong Fuzi wrote and that stresses the values and ideas of Confucianism.
8. a type of grain
9. philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
12. Bones The earliest known Chinese writing is found on these from ritual activity of the Shang period.
14. The best-known Shang art form.
15. Soldiers and horses of the first Chinese emperor (Qin Shi Huang). The soldiers dated back to 210 B.C. discovered by a farmer. Vary in height and are usually 6 feet. They are all different and have different characteristics. Their purpose was to help rule another empire with Shi Huang Di in the after life.
16. One of the most important creations with the bronze casting. They represented a protective force against evil spirits.

1. a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area
2. A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
3. Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
5. a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source
10. A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
11. a barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier
13. the ruler of an empire