Ancient China Vocabulary Quiz Bayou Bridges

A series of rulers who are all from the same family

• dynasty

• government system

• band

• brothers

A channel dug by people; used by boats or for irrigation

• stream

• river

• canal

• lake

A city that is its own political unit and has its own ruling government

• Dynasty

• city-state

• empire

• city life

A command; a responsibility given by an authority

• ruling

• law

• mandate

• demand

A social organization in which kings, lords, and peasants are bound together by mutual obligations

• hierarchy

• city state

• feudal system

• royal system

A member of a high social class

• a fancy pants person

• commoner

• knobeel

• noble

A record of events

• annals

• calander

• document

• cunniform

The study of ideas about knowledge, life, and truth; literally, the love of wisdom

• cunfucism

• education

• geograpy

• philosophy

Deep respect for one’s parents

• filial party

• filial piety

• field party

• philosophy

A high moral standard

• virtue

• morality

• main idea

• conscious