Vocabulary for the Ancient China Unit

What is a region?

• a large group of soldiers arranged in a phalanx formation

• a part or a section of a country

• copying someone else's work and calling it your own

• Dylan's new smooth jazz band

What is "climate"?

• to be absolutely sure of your answer

• the spouse of someone named Cli

• an early evening meal; popular in West China and Kazakhstan

• the average weather conditions at a particular place

Which is a a member of an upper class of society?

• an aristocrat

• Che's Crew

• a Dalit

• a peasant

What is a warlord?

• currency that is minted in order to pay taxes to other civilizations

• a military commander who controls a small territory within a country

• another name of the "alpha" (or leader) of a wolf pack

• a heroic food soldier who is honored after a great military victory

What is "millet"?

• Ohgyu's new style of hat

• grains that are used for human and cattle food

• a series of buildings used to grind a variety of grains

• a popular hairstyle in among the Ancient Chinese and modern hockey players in which the front and sides are kept short, but the back is grown extremely long

What is a yak?

• a deep-bottomed riverboat used by the Ancient Chinese for exploring the Huang He.

• long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region

• a weather pattern found in central Asia in which the summers are cool, but the winters are mild

• the scientific name for vomiting

What is a connected group or system?

• warlord

• yak

• glue

• network

Which of these is an official who represents a country while interacting with officials from other countries?

• diplomat

• laborer

• warlord

• artisan

Which type of religious belief worships ancestors?

• ancestor worship

• shamanism

• animism

• polytheism

What are pieces of bones or turtle shells that were heated and cracked by religious leaders in order to seek advice from ancestors?

• magik bones

• oracle bones

• Malak bones

• lazybones