Chapter 4 vocab

Question 1

scholar-officials

Answer 1

highly educated men who passed an examination based on the teachings of Confucius.

Question 2

Merit System

Answer 2

People are hired based on skill and talent, rather than social class or wealth.

Question 3

Urbanization

Answer 3

The growth of cities

Question 4

Money Economy

Answer 4

An economy that uses currency instead of bartering

Question 5

Porcelain

Answer 5

a hard white pottery of very fine quality.

Question 6

nomads

Answer 6

people who move from place to place at different times of the year.

Question 7

Mongols

Answer 7

nomads who came from the steppes northwest of China and were big threats to the Chinese civilization.

Question 8

Steppe

Answer 8

a large, dry, grass covered plain.

Question 9

Khan

Answer 9

a ruler

Question 10

Despot

Answer 10

a tyrant or dictator

Question 11

Tribute

Answer 11

a payment or gift to a more powerful country

Question 12

Smugglers

Answer 12

people who trade illegally

Question 13

compass

Answer 13

a device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north.

Question 14

Block printing

Answer 14

workers carved text into blocks of wood. The blocks were covered with ink, then pressed on to a sheet of paper.

Question 15

Daoism

Answer 15

an ancient Chinese philosophy to follow the Dao (natural way of the universe.

Question 16

Buddhism

Answer 16

a religion based on the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader, Siddhartha Gautama

Question 17

Confucianism

Answer 17

a system of moral behavior; based on the teachings of Confucius.

Question 18

Bureaucracy

Answer 18

a system of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officals.