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FISK SS Ch. 4 Vocab
FISK SS Ch. 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| loess | a yellowish brown soil that blows in from a desert |
| terrace | a platform of earth |
| levee | a dike used to control flooding |
| double cropping | a process in which 2 crops are grown on the same land in the same year |
| pictograph | a picture represents a word |
| oracle bone | bone commonly used during the Shang dynasty in China to predict the future |
| provinces | political divisions |
| ancestor | relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent |
| civil service | practice of using skills and talents to work in the government |
| middleman | a person who goes between buyers and sellers |
| nobility | a high ranking social class |