Barrier - Vocabulary

What is the term for 'something that prevents movement'?

• Barrier

• Accelerator

• Conductor

• Lubricant

What is a boundary? Fill in the blank: A boundary ________ one space from another. Example: a fence.

• separates

• joins

• ignores

• mixes

What does the word 'fertile' mean?

• Able to grow fruit or food

• Unable to support life

• Covered in rocks and sand

• Very dry and barren

What does the word 'domesticate' mean? Domesticate means to ______ for human use.

• tame

• destroy

• ignore

• abandon

What is a dike?

• A protective wall that holds back floods.

• A type of tree found in rainforests.

• A tool used for measuring temperature.

• A kind of fish found in rivers.

What does the word 'Unified' mean?

• Combined as one

• Separated into parts

• Made more difficult

• Turned upside down

• Broken into pieces

Fill in the blank: A chieftain is the ________ of ancient China’s villages.

• Ruler

• Farmer

• Merchant

• Servant

What is the definition of the word 'Dynasty'?

• Series of rulers from the same family

• A type of government ruled by elected officials

• A period of economic decline

• A group of cities forming a state

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• The idea that the emperor was given the right to rule by Heaven

• The idea that the emperor should be elected by the people

• The idea that the emperor should rule forever

• The idea that the emperor should share power with nobles

Fill in the blank: A Noble is ___ .

• someone who comes from a high-ranking family on the social pyramid

• a person who works in the fields

• someone who makes tools and weapons

• a merchant who sells goods