China Vocab

Question 1

Oracle bones

Answer 1

Way of prediction

Question 2

Jade

Answer 2

A hard gemstone

Question 3

Lords

Answer 3

People of high rank

Question 4

Peasant

Answer 4

Poor people

Question 5

Confucius

Answer 5

A Chinese teacher

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

Moral value

Question 7

Confucianism

Answer 7

A way of thinking

Question 8

Daoism

Answer 8

Stressed living in harmony with the Dao

Question 9

Laozi

Answer 9

The most famous teacher

Question 10

Legalism

Answer 10

The belief that people are bad by nature and need to be controlled

Question 11

Shi Huangdi

Answer 11

The first emperor

Question 12

Great wall

Answer 12

A big brick wall

Question 13

Sundial

Answer 13

Tells time by a shadow

Question 14

Seismograph

Answer 14

an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes,

Question 15

Acupuncture

Answer 15

a system of integrative medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions

Question 16

Silk

Answer 16

a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric.

Question 17

Silk road

Answer 17

an ancient trade road