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Ch.10 Early China
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Warlord | A military commander exercising civil by force,usually in a limited area. |
| Aristocrat | A upper class member of society,usually made by hereditary nobility. |
| Ancestor | A person that someone is descended from. |
| Pictograph | A symbol in writing based on pictures. |
| Ideaograph | A symbol in a writing system that represents a thing of 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 person must rule. |
| Confucianism | A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius |
| Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of law |
| Daoism | A Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature |
| Filial piety | The responsibility children have to obey,respect,and are for their parents |
| Censor | A 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 government |
| Tenant farmer | A farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of crop |
| Acupuncture | An originally Chinese practice of fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain |
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