Unit 4-Imperial China Vocabulary

A ruling class of noble families

• Dynasty

• Aristocracy

• Warlords

• Emporer

A highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority

• Imperial

• Inoculate

• Warlords

• Bureaucracy

A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government

• Civil Service Examination

• Meritocracy

• Movable Type

• Mass-Produce

A line of rulers descended from one family

• Gunpowder

• Imperial

• Emperor

• Dynasty

The political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people

• Emperor

• Civil Service Examination

• Inoculate

• Mertocracy

Belonging or related to an emperor

• Emperor

• Dynasty

• Imperial

• Movable Type

Rule by officials of proven merit

• Dynasty

• Meritocracy

• Emporer

• Mass-Produce

A military leader operating outside the control of the government

• Inoculate

• Bureaucracy

• Emperor

• Warlords

An explosive consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. The earliest known propellant explosive, gunpowder has now largely been superseded by high explosives, although it is still used for quarry blasting and in fuses and fireworks

• incoulate

• Gunpowder

• Dynasty

• Civil Service Examination

Introduce (Cells or Organisms) into a culture medium

• Inoculate

• Aristocracy

• Meritocracy

• Warlords