China Vocab

What is a system of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officials?

• Merit system

• Bureaucracy

• Urbanization

• Confucianism

What term is used for having to do with trade and business, like a "commercial center"?

• Scholar official

• Nomad

• Commercial

• Steppe

Who are politicians and government officials appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day political duties?

• Despot

• Scholar official

• Khan

• Smugglers

What is a system that promotes and hires people based on their skills and achievements?

• Merit system

• Bureaucracy

• Daoism

• Tribute

What term describes the growth of cities or towns?

• Urbanization

• Block printing

• Porcelain

• Nomad

What is a hard white pottery of extremely fine quality called?

• Porcelain

• Steppe

• Tribute

• Commercial

Who is a person that moves from place to place at different times of the year?

• Despot

• Nomad

• Scholar official

• Smugglers

What is a large, dry, grass-covered plain or piece of land called?

• Steppe

• Urbanization

• Porcelain

• Bureaucracy

What title is given to someone who rules or is an official?

• Despot

• Khan

• Nomad

• Scholar official

What is a tyrant or dictator called?

• Tribute

• Despot

• Smugglers

• Khan