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Chapter 10
Amber A And Amber B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| warlord | a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in the 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 writing system based on pictures |
| ideograph | a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea |
| bureaucracy | a group of nonelected 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 | |
| legalism | |
| filial piety | |
| censor | |
| currency | |
| civil service | |
| tenant farmer | |
| acupuncture |