China

Question 1

oracle bones

Answer 1

one of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods

Question 2

Taklamakan desert

Answer 2

desert in northwest China

Question 3

Samarkand

Answer 3

center of Silk Road and capital of Mongol empire

Question 4

civil service exam

Answer 4

the administrative departments of a government- especially those in which the employees re hired on the basis of their scores of examinations

Question 5

dynastic cycle

Answer 5

the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties

Question 6

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 6

in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority

Question 7

Bureaucracy

Answer 7

a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of the government

Question 8

xenophobia

Answer 8

fear of foreigners

Question 9

legalism

Answer 9

a Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order

Question 10

Confucianism

Answer 10

a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius

Question 11

boxers

Answer 11

a member of a fiercely nationalistic Chinese secret society that flourished in the 19th century

Question 12

wood block printing

Answer 12

technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper