China/Mongolia/Taiwan Vocab

China/Mongolia/Taiwan Vocab

By Pam Fischer

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The Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin to cure disease or relieve pain

• bureaucracy

• Confucianism

• acupuncture

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a body of unelected government officials

• bureaucracy

• Daoism

• Taoism

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an ethical system that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, & government

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Taoism

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an economic system in which the central government makes all the economic decisions

• command economy

• demand ecomony

• capitalism

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an ethical system that emphasizes the harmony between people and nature

• Daoism

• Confusianism

• isolationism

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an economic system in which businesses and owners make decisions

• command

  economy

• demand

  economy

• reprimand

  economy

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a portable, circular tent

• ger

• loess

• pagoda

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a policy of avoiding contact with other countries

• isolationism

• communism

• socialism

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a fertile, yellow soil

• terra cotta

• loess

• ger

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a pattern in the rise and fall of family rulers in China

• dynastic cyle

• isolationism

• assimilation

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a Buddhist temple

• ger

• yurt

• pagoda

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a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China

• porcelain

• china

• ceramic

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an educated member of China's government

• cabinet member

• civil servant

• scholar-official

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a device that measures the strength of an earthquake

• seismograph

• telegraph

• photograph

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baked clay

• porcelain

• loess

• terra cotta

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a demographic trend that occurs as the average age of a population increases

• fertilie population

• aging population

• senior population

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a process in which a minority group adopts the culture of the majority

• communism

• assimilation

• isolationism

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a system of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy

• communism

• democracy

• theocracy

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a system of government in which the government controls economic resources

• socialism

• communism

• isolationism

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the average number of children born per woman

• fertility rate

• literacy rate

• infant rate