Ancient China Lesson 1 vocab

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Belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods.

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Mandate of Heaven

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Title or possession by birth

Back

heredity

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Group of officials managing government areas.

Back

bureaucracy

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Symbol representing an object.

Back

pictograph

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Symbol joining pictographs to represent an idea.

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ideograph

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A person someone is descended from

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ancestor

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Upper class member, often hereditary

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aristocrat

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

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warlord

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To become known

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emerge

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Narrow water body between land masses

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channel