Topic 12 lesson 1
What is a system of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officials?
Bureaucracy.
what is a tyrant or dictator?
despot
What is a device with a magnetic piece of metal that points to the north?
compass
What is a chain of islands called?
an archipelago.
what is a sybalic leader?
figurehead
Urbanization.
A payment or gift to a more powerful country
a tribute
What is it called when workers carved text into blocks of wood?
block rinting
What is an area that is part of a continent?
A mainland.
name of a surpreme mlitary commander?
shogun
What is the name of a man who passed the civil service examinations?
scholar-official
whats a persone who moves from place to place.
Nomad
What's an ancient name of an ancient Chinese philosophy?
Daoism
What is a group of people called?
a clan
name of a local land-owning lord?
daimyo
What is a hard, white pottery of excellent quality?
porcelain
What is a steppe large, dry, grass-covered plain.
a steppe
What's a religion based on the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Siddhartha?
Buddhism.
What is a holy being that represents a spirit of nature?
a kami.
Name of highly triand warriors?
samurai
When did the Song dynasty start?
In 960
what were the four parts of the empire called?
khanates.
what is a system of moral behavior, based on the teachings of Confucius.
Confucianism
What is someone called who governs a country in the name of a ruler?
regent.
What's the way of the warrior?
bushido