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China Vocabulary '15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| warlord | a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area |
| aristocrat | a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility |
| ancestor | a person that someone is descended from |
| 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 |
| hereditary | having title or possession by reason of birth |
| 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 |
| Confucianism | a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius |
| Daoism | Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature |
| Legalism | a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws |
| social class | a group of people who are at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level |
| filial piety | the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents |
| censor | an official who watches others for correct behavior |
| currency | something, such as coins or paper money, that is used as a medium of exchange |
| civil service | the administrative service of a government |
| tenant farmer | a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop |
| acupuncture | originally, a Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain |
| Hung He | 2,900 miles. Begins in China’s western mountains and flows to the Pacific Ocean. Called the Yellow River, the yellow color of the soil gives its name |
| Yangtze | Chang Jaing River Flows west to east across central China 3,915 miles long 3rd longest river |
| Channel | a canal; a narrow body of water between two land masses |
| emerge | to become known |
| unify | to make into a single unit |
| Philosophy | the study of the basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong |
| generation | a group of individuals born and living at the same time |
| network | a connected group or system |
| link | a connecting element or factor |
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