Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________

Matching
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column. Write the
number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.

________ artifacts 1. primary Confucian virtue and duty of respect, obedience, and care for
family elders
2. someone or something believed to disclose hidden knowledge,
________ bureaucracy
information, or secrets

3. Chinese political theory of an absolute monarchy where strict legal

________ calligraphy
control was maintained over all activities

4. an instrument that measures seismic waves, or vibrations, in

________ dynasty
earthquakes

5. man-made objects or fragments of objects having some kind of use or

________ feudalism
cultural significance
6. a network or circuit of ancient trade routes that connected China, the
________ filial piety Middle East, and Europe

7. sections or states of the Mongol Empire

________ khanates

8. tribes of nomads currently living mainly in Mongolia

________ Legalism

9. stylized or decorative writing as a work of art, often produced with a

________ Mongols brush

10. a hard but delicate type of fine china made with a special kind of clay
________ oracle

11. a hurricane that occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

________ philosophers

12. a system of management or administration of an organization by

________ porcelain
appointed officials, characterized by rigid rules and levels of authority

________ seismograph 13. generations of rulers of the same family or their rule

________ Silk Road 14. seekers of wisdom or enlightenment who offer thoughts on profound
questions or problems of ethics

________ typhoons 15. the type of relationship between a ruler and a noble where the noble
served the ruler and received land in return

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