Topic 12 Vocabulary Test

System of government officials who carry out government rules and regulations.

Highly educated person who passed civil service examinations and worked in the government.

A system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills, rather than wealth or social status.

Movement of people from rural to urban areas.

Economic system in which people use currency rather than bartering to buy and sell goods.

Hard white pottery of extremely fine quality.

Person who moves from place to place without a permanent home.

Vast area of grasslands.

Mongol ruler.

A tyrant or dictator.