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Sizemore Chapter 9
Chapter 9: The Chinese Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Great Wall | a long wall running east and west along China's northern border |
| standardize | to set rules to make things more similar |
| Legalism | the philosophy that a strong leader an legal system are needed to create social order |
| censor | a ban |
| official | people assigned to a position in a government |
| civil service | a system of government employees selected for their skills and knowledge |
| Silk Road | a network of trade routes that crossed Asia connecting China to Central and Southwest Asia |
| envoy | representatives of the emperor |
| cuisine | the style of cooking |
| monopoly | when a single group controls the production of a good or service |
| calligraphy | the art of beautiful writing |
| lacquer | a protective coating made from sap of a special tree |
| acupuncture | therapy that uses needles to cure sickness and stop pain |
| seismometer | a tool to detect earth quakes |