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Ancient China
Question | Answer |
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A line of rulers who belong to the same family. | dynasty |
Noble whose wealth came from land ownership. | aristocrat |
Characters used in the early Chinese writing that stand for objects. | pictograph |
A character in the Chinese writing that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea. | ideograph |
A group of annointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government. | bureaucracy |
The proper way kings were expected to rule under the Mandate of Heaven. | Dao |
A formal order. | mandate |
According to Zhou rulers, this heavenly law gave the Zhou king the power to rule. | Mandate of Heaven |