Ancient China

A person from a wealthy, noble class in China

• King
• Monarch
• Aristocrat
• Emperor

Military commander exercising power by force in small area

• Warlord

• Emperor

• Dictator
• Monarch

A Chinese emperor's right to rule was determined by the:

• Divine Right
• Celestial Bureaucracy
• Mandate of Heaven
• Imperial Decree

A person someone is descended from

• offspring
• predecessor

• ancestor

• descendant

Shang emperors asked priests to use these to tell the future

• Oracle bones
• Crystal balls
• Tarot cards
• Tea leaves

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• alphabet
• ideograph

• logograph

• pictograph

A symbol in a writing system that represents an idea

• ideograph

• phonogram
• logograph

• pictograph

A group of nonelected government officials

• Bureaucracy

• Legislators
• Politicians
• Judges

Title or possession by reason of birth

• hereditary

• lineage
• progeny

• descendants

"The Way" in China that kings are supposed to follow

• Confucius

• Buddha

• Shinto

• Dao