EGYPT & CHINA VOCABULARY CHALLENGE

1. EGYPT & CHINA VOCABULARYCHALLENGE Respectfully Submitted C. Stephen Ingraham 2012

2. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The commands or directions of one in authority. a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk d) silt

3. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A network of appointed government officials. a) ambassadors b) bureaucracy c) civil war d) democracy

4. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The set of ideas that has been passed down from one generation to another. a) ancestor b) philosophers c) public works d) heritage

5. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A collection of stories handed down from earlier times. a) oracles b) legends • virtues d) Vedas

6. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Another name for good qualities. a) oracles b) legends • virtues d) vedas

7. Egypt & Chinese Challenge An ancient monument consisting of a single pillar of stone is known as a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk d) annex

8. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Structures built by the government for everyone’s use. a) ancestors b) philosophers c) public works d) heritage

9. Egypt & Chinese Challenge To supply land with water by artificial means. a) irrigate b) meditate c) dam d) mummify

10. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Fine bits of rock and soil are called. a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk d) silt

11. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A group made of volunteer soldiers. a) mandate b) militia c) cavalry d) responsibilities

12. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A person who studies the meaning of life. a) ancestor b) philosopher c) public worker d) heritage

13. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A dead body which has been preserved. a) pharaoh b) pyramid c) mummy d) emperor

14. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A order to rule or to lead. a) mandate b) militia c) pictograph d) responsibilities

15. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A synonym meaning to take over. a) independence b) annex c) pursuit of happiness d) edicts

16. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The paper like material used by the Egyptians is. a) cuneiform b) papyrus c) pictographs d) hieroglyphics

17. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Drawings that were combined to make thousands of Chinese words. a) mandates b) militias c) pictographs d) responsibilities

18. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The Egyptian picture writing system a) cuneiform b) papyrus c) pictographs d) hieroglyphics

19. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A synonym for an Egyptian King. a) pharaoh b) pyramid c) mummy d) emperor

20. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The right of a Chinese leader to rule given to him by the gods. a) annex b) mandate of heaven c) conquer d) desertification of the gods.

21. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A series of rulers from the same family. a) pharaoh b) peasants c) edicts d) dynasty

22. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The people who farmed the land are called. a) middle class b) hunters & gatherers c) domesticated d) peasants

23. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Dead relatives further back than grandparents. a) ancestors b) philosophers c) public works d) heritage

24. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The idea that people obey their rulers out of fear and not out of respect. • Legalism b) Buddhism c) Confucianism d) Daoism

25. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A person’s duties. • mandate b) militia c) pictograph d) responsibilities

26. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The idea that the key to long life and happiness is to accept life as it is. • Legalism b) Buddhism c) Confucianism d) Daoism

27. Egypt & Chinese Challenge To send out goods to be sold in other places. a) import b) barter c) money economy d) export

28. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Money gained over the price of goods sold. • import b) barter c) profits d) export

29. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A group of buyers and sellers working together is also known as • hieroglyphics • b) home shopping channel c) trading networks d) desertification

30. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A group of traders traveling with goods to be sold. a) trading network b) barter c) profits d) caravan

31. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The part of government bureaucracy that oversees the day- to-day business of running a government. a) Trading network b) Ambassadors c) Civil Service d) Caravan

32. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The ideas and teaching of the philosopher Confucius. a) Arthashastraism b) Buddhism c) Confucianism d) Daoism

33. Egypt & Chinese Challenge A person who represents a government. a) Trading network b) Ambassador c) Civil War d) Caravan

34. Egypt & Chinese Challenge When groups of people from the same place or country fight one another. a) Trading network b) Ambassadors c) Civil War d) Caravan

35. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The making of all things of a certain type alike. a) monotheism b) bureaucracy c) standardization d) democracy

36. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The tomb for a dead Egyptian ruler or noble. a) pharaoh b) pyramid c) mummy d) emperor

37. Egypt & Chinese Challenge To tell ahead of time is to _____________________. a) irrigate b) meditate c) predict d) mummify

38. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The Chinese people believe this person gives wise advise. a) oracle b) legend • virtue d) veda

39. Egypt & Chinese Challenge The trade route that stretched 5,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean Sea. a)Trading network b) Barter c) Silk Road d) Caravan

40. Egypt & Chinese Challenge To bring into a country goods for sale.. a) import b) barter c) money economy d) export

41. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Any change of fertile land into desert, whether caused by climate or human actions. a) hieroglyphics b) edict c) trading networks d) desertification

42. Egypt & Chinese Challenge Another word meaning complete freedom. • Annex b) independence • c) pursuit of happiness d) edicts