China vocabulary

6 Written Questions

1. a person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king
2. An educated member of the government.
3. Service as a government official.
4. A form of printing in which an enitre page is carved into a block of wood.
5. 
   Garment that is soft and light made by the silkworms and very valuable.
6. a prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 
   A mixture of poweders used in guns and explosives.
   1. Jade
   2. sundial
   3. lords
   4. gunpowder
2. A policy of avoiding contact with other countries.
   1. porcelain
   2. diffusion
   3. lords
   4. isolationism
3. The chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain.
   1. oracle
   2. gunpowder
   3. peasant
   4. acupuncture
4. A device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.
   1. silk
   2. Jade
   3. sundial
   4. lords
5. A body of unelected government officials.
   1. peasant
   2. seismograph
   3. bureaucracy
   4. oracle
6. a farmer with a small farm
   1. Jade
   2. silk
   3. peasant
   4. oracle

6 True/False Questions

1. diffusion →
   Garment that is soft and light made by the silkworms and very valuable.

   True        False

2. ethics →
   Garment that is soft and light made by the silkworms and very valuable.

   True        False

3. Jade → A hard gemstone often used in jewelry

   True        False

4. porcelain → A thin, beautiful type of pottery.

   True        False

5. compass →
   An instrument, which uses the earth's magnetic field to show direction.

   True        False

6. seismograph → a farmer with a small farm

   True        False