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Mason’s 6th grade > Social Studies Ancient China Vocab Test > Flashcards

Social Studies Ancient China Vocab Test Flashcards

1
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Counting tool Use beads that slide across a wooden frame

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Abacus

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An Ancient medical prosiger that involves inserting needles into the skin.

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Acupuncture

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3
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A Tropical fast growing grass

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Bamboo

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Wild and uncivilized person

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Barbarian

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The act of writing combining the usual art and literal interpretation

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calligraphy

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The group of people whose job it is to call out the work of the government

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Civil service

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7
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A philosophy that emphasizes Kindness and mutual respect

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Confucianism

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A form of language that is spoken in a specific part of the contrey

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Dialect

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7
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First used for worship but then chineese sailors adopted the _______

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Compass

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7
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A protective wall that controls or holds back water or rivers

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Dike

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7
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A siries of rulers from the same family or ethnic group

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Dynasty

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A written symbol that represents an idiom or an object

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Ideagraph

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7
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closely related people of several generations

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extended Family

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A ruler of widespread lands

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Emperor

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A system of political economic and social organisation

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feudal system

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The use of herbs and plants in medicine

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herbal remedies

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a hard pale green or white mineral

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Jade

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Strict adherence to the law

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legalism

8
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yellow brown soil

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loess

9
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a grain

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millet

10
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Animal bones and shells used to write on

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Oracle bones

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A system of beliefs and values

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Philosophy

12
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a Vertical blade that can be turned horozantlie to change a vessel’s direction

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Rudder

13
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a device used for measuring earthquakes

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seismograph

14
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a Valuable cloth originally made only in China from thread spun by a caterpillar called a silkworm

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Silk

15
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An ancient route between China and Europe

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Silk Road

16
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a local leader of an armed group

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warlord

16
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complementary principles that request opposites that make up the world

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yin and yang

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a religious philosophy of simple and selfless living based on the writings of a chineese philospher

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Taoism

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