China Vocabulary

A test to choose people for government jobs based on Confucian teachings and designed to choose the most qualified people.

• Civil Service Exam

• Bureaucracy

• Meritocracy

• Grand Canal

A system of appointed officials to manage the government.

• Bureaucracy

• Meritocracy

• Civil Service Exam

• Grand Canal

To choose the most qualified people for a job, regardless of their background or social class.

• Meritocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Civil Service Exam

• Confucianism

A belief system based on five key relationships and stressed morally correct behavior and respecting traditions.

• Meritocracy

• Confucianism

• Bureaucracy

• Grand Canal

A 1,100 mile long man-made waterway connecting Northern and Southern China.

• Grand Canal

• Urbanization

• Silk Road

• Port of call

An increase in the percentage of the population living in cities.

• Urbanization

• Meritocracy

• Confucianism

• Moveable Type

It resists drought and is quick-growing, allowing for two crops to be harvested each year.

• Champas Rice

• Urbanization

• Sweet Potatoes

• Beans

To level a hill or mountainside into level 'steps' to allow for farming

• Chain Pumps

• Rice Paddy

• Terrace Farming

• Heavy Plowing

The buying and selling of goods and services.

• Urbanization

• Commerce

• Paper Money

• Banking

Thin, beautiful pottery invented in China.

• Porcelain

• Terracotta

• Raku

• Coil Pot