Ancient China Vocabulary Part 1

Loess is light fertile soil carried by

• animals

• bees

• the wind

• flooding rivers

A powerful rotating storm in the Asian Pacific Ocean.

• Monsoon

• Typhoon

• Hurricane

• Tornado

A group that controls or rules an area such as a country

• Militia

• Government

• Bureaucracy

• Military

Isolate is to separate from others

• True

• False

A powerful group of leaders from the same family who rule for a long period of time

• Lineage

• Heriditary

• Dynasty

• Government

An artificial system of controlling the water supply to water farmland

• Irrigation

• Flash Flooding

A political system where the land is owned by a lord and worked by peasants or tenants

• Bureaucracy

• Dynasty

• Government

• Feudalism

Monsoons are

• Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains to parts of Asia during the summer

• Heavy rains that occur in parts of Asia during the summer.

A round tent-like structure that can be packed up

and moved easily

• Yogurt

• Yellow

• Yurt

• Yoga

A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding areas

• Plateau

• Rolling Hills

• Mountains

• Ridge