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Ancient China
Chapters 10 & 17 Content Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Warlord | A leader who has his own army |
| Aristocrat | A person who belongs to the highest class of society |
| Ancestor | A family member who is no longer living |
| Pictograph | A symbol in a writing system based on pictures |
| Ideograph | A symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea |
| Bureaucracy | A group of non-elected government officials |
| Censor | An official who made sure that government workers did their jobs |
| Currency | Something that is used as money |
| Tenant Farmer | A farmer who works land owned by someone else |
| Acupuncture | A Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin to treat disease or relieve pain |
| Confucianism | A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius; duty is central idea |
| Daoism | A Chinese philosophy focused on obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature |
| Legalism | A Chinese philosophy based on the importance of laws |
| Social Class | A group of people at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level |
| Filial Piety | The responsibility that children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents |
| Hereditary | Having title or possession by reason of birth (In Ancient Chine - When an aristocrat died, a son or another member of his family governed the territory. |
| Mandate of Heaven | The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods. |
| Dao | Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule |
| Civil Service | The administrative service of a government (People who work for the government) |
| Neo-Confucianism | A new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius; included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs |
| Porcelain | A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures |
| Calligraphy | Artistic Handwriting |
| Steppe | Flat, Dry Grassland |
| Terro | Violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people |
| Census | A count of the number of people in a country |
| Novel | A long fictional story |
| Barbarian | An uncivilized person |
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