Details Title: Ancient China Vocab. List #24 Description: Spelling and Vocabulary List #24 on Ancient China Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 02/23/2009 22:36:34		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional General Vocab Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term        ancestor Definition a relative who lived in the past; a person from whom one is descended, especially more distant than a grandparent. Term        oracle Definition a prediction about the future; also the person who makes such a prediction, believed to come from a god or ancestor Term       feudalism Definition an economic system in wich nobles own the farmland and peasants work it Term       dialect Definition a different form of the same language Term       nobility Definition a class of people having high birth or rank; aristocracy Term       Confucianism Definition the ideas of Confuucius, emphasizing such values as family tradition, and mutual respect Term       province Definition a territory governed as a unit within a country or empire Term       bureaucracy Definition a type of organization structured like a pyramid, with one person on top and many at the bottom; workers at each level supervise those below them Term     seismograph Definition a  machine that detects and records the intensity of earthquakes Term   middleman Definition a trader who buys from producers and sells to consumers