Chapter 14

Question 0

Bureaucracy

Answer 0

System of departments and agencies that carry out the work of a government

Question 1

Imperial

Answer 1

Relating to an empire or emperor

Question 2

Scholar-official

Answer 2

Educated official with a government position

Question 3

Wood-block printing

Answer 3

Printing system developed by the ancient Chinese, In which wood blocks were carved with enough characters to print entire pages

Question 4

Movable type

Answer 4

Small block of metal or wood with a single raised character, used for printing texts

Question 5

Porcelain

Answer 5

Hard white ceramic material , often called china

Question 6

Terraces

Answer 6

Raided banks of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top.

Question 7

Mongols

Answer 7

Fierce nomadic warriors who lived in the plains northwest of china

Question 8

Genghis khan

Answer 8

Mongol leader who united the mongol tribes and began a campaign of conquest

Question 9

Khanate

Answer 9

One of the parts of the mongol empire

Question 10

Kublai khan

Answer 10

Grandson of Genghis khan who took power and gained control over all of china

Question 11

Marco Polo

Answer 11

Italian traveler in china

Question 12

Forbidden City

Answer 12

Group of walled palaces built for the Chinese emperor in the capital city of Beijing

Question 13

Maritime

Answer 13

Relating to sea