Early China Vocabulary

The administrative service of a government is called

•  bureaucracy
• civil service
• censor 

The chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin to treat pain is called 

• acupuncture
• tenant farming 
• civil service

A farmer who works land owned by someone else is called a 

• ancestor
• censor
• tenant farmer

The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods is called 

• dynasty
• civil service 
• Mandate of Heaven 

Having title or possession by reason of birth is called

• ancestors
•  hereditary
• Mandate of Heaven

A group of non-elected government officials is called 

• bureaucracy
• civil service
• ancestors

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

•  pictograph
• ideograph 
• currency

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

• currency
• civil service 
• censor

A person that someone is descended from is called 

• aristocrat
•  ancestor
• censor

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

• warlord
• censor
• aristocrat