Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

A military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area

Answer 1

Warlord

Question 2

A member of an upper class of society, usually made up of heredity nobility

Answer 2

Aristocrat

Question 3

A person that someone is descended from

Answer 3

Ancestor

Question 4

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

Answer 4

Pictograph

Question 5

A symbol In a writing system that represents a thing or an idea

Answer 5

Ideograph

Question 6

A group of non-elected government officials

Answer 6

Bureaucracy

Question 7

Having title or possession by reason of birth

Answer 7

Hereditary

Question 8

The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule come from gods

Answer 8

Mandate of Heaven

Question 9

Chinese System of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule

Answer 9

Dao

Question 10

A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius

Answer 10

Confucianism

Question 11

A Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining a long life and living in harmony with nature

Answer 11

Daoism

Question 12

A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws

Answer 12

Legalism

Question 13

The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents

Answer 13

Filial piety

Question 14

And official who watches others for correct behavior

Answer 14

Censor

Question 15

Something, such as coins or paper money, that is used as a medium of exchange

Answer 15

Currency

Question 16

The administrative service of a government

Answer 16

Civil service

Question 17

A Farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop

Answer 17

Tenant farmer

Question 18

Originally, a Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain

Answer 18

Acupuncture