china Vocabulary

a military commandeer exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area.

• warlord

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

a farmer who works land owned by someone else

• warlord

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• tenant farmer

coins or paper money

• currency

• acupuncture

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

inserting fine needles through the skin to treat disease or relieve pain.

• currency

• acupuncture

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

a member of the upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility.

• warlord

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

a person that someone is descended from.

• warlord

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

a group of non-elected government officials.

• warlord

• aristocrat

• bureaucracy

• ancestor

children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents.

• legalism

• filial piety

• Mandate of Heaven

• hereditary

having title or possession by reason of birth.

• legalism

• filial piety

• Mandate of Heaven

• hereditary

Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws.

• legalism

• filial piety

• Mandate of Heaven

• hereditary