EGYPT & CHINA VOCABULARY
CHALLENGE
Respectfully Submitted
C. Stephen Ingraham
2012
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The commands or directions of one in
authority.
a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk d) silt
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A network of appointed
government officials.
a) ambassadors
b) bureaucracy
c) civil war
d) democracy
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The set of ideas that has
been passed down from
one generation to another.
a) ancestor
b) philosophers
c) public works
d) heritage
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A collection of stories
handed down from earlier
times.
a) oracles
b) legends
c) virtues
d) Vedas
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Another name for good
qualities.
a) oracles
b) legends
c) virtues
d) vedas
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An ancient monument consisting of a
single pillar of stone is known as
a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk
d) annex
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Structures built by the
government for everyone’s
use.
a) ancestors
b) philosophers
c) public works
d) heritage
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To supply land with water by
artificial means.
a) irrigate b) meditate
c) dam d) mummify
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Fine bits of rock and soil are called.
a) artifacts b) edicts c) obelisk d) silt
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A group made of volunteer
soldiers.
a) mandate
b) militia
c) cavalry
d) responsibilities
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A person who studies the
meaning of life.
a) ancestor
b) philosopher
c) public worker
d) heritage
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A dead body which has been
preserved.
a) pharaoh b) pyramid
c) mummy d) emperor
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A order to rule or to lead.
a) mandate
b) militia
c) pictograph
d) responsibilities
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A synonym meaning to take over.
a) independence
b) annex
c) pursuit of happiness d) edicts
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The paper like material used by the
Egyptians is.
a) cuneiform b) papyrus
c) pictographs d) hieroglyphics
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Drawings that were combined
to make thousands of Chinese
words.
a) mandates
b) militias
c) pictographs
d) responsibilities
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The Egyptian picture writing
system
a) cuneiform b) papyrus
c) pictographs d) hieroglyphics
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A synonym for an Egyptian King.
a) pharaoh b) pyramid
c) mummy d) emperor
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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.
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A series of rulers from the same family.
a) pharaoh b) peasants
c) edicts d) dynasty
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The people who farmed the land are
called.
a) middle class b) hunters & gatherers
c) domesticated d) peasants
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Dead relatives further back
than grandparents.
a) ancestors
b) philosophers
c) public works
d) heritage
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The idea that people obey
their rulers out of fear and
not out of respect.
a) Legalism
b) Buddhism
c) Confucianism
d) Daoism
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A person’s duties.
a) mandate
b) militia
c) pictograph
d) responsibilities
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The idea that the key to long
life and happiness is to
accept life as it is.
a) Legalism
b) Buddhism
c) Confucianism
d) Daoism
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To send out goods to be
sold in other places.
a) import
b) barter
c) money economy
d) export
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Money gained over the price
of goods sold.
a) import
b) barter
c) profits
d) export
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A group of buyers and sellers working
together is also known as
a) hieroglyphics
b) b) home shopping channel
c) trading networks
d) desertification
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A group of traders traveling
with goods to be sold.
a) trading network
b) barter
c) profits
d) caravan
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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
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The ideas and teaching of
the philosopher
Confucius.
a) Arthashastraism
b) Buddhism
c) Confucianism
d) Daoism
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A person who represents a
government.
a) Trading network
b) Ambassador
c) Civil War
d) Caravan
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When groups of people from
the same place or country
fight one another.
a) Trading network
b) Ambassadors
c) Civil War
d) Caravan
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The making of all things of
a certain type alike.
a) monotheism
b) bureaucracy
c) standardization
d) democracy
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The tomb for a dead Egyptian
ruler or noble.
a) pharaoh b) pyramid
c) mummy d) emperor
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To tell ahead of time is to
_____________________.
a) irrigate b) meditate
c) predict d) mummify
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The Chinese people believe
this person gives wise
advise.
a) oracle
b) legend
c) virtue
d) veda
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The trade route that
stretched 5,000 miles from
China to the
Mediterranean Sea.
a)Trading network
b) Barter
c) Silk Road
d) Caravan
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To bring into a country goods
for sale..
a) import
b) barter
c) money economy
d) export
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Any change of fertile land into desert,
whether caused by climate or human
actions. a) hieroglyphics b) edict
c) trading networks d) desertification
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Another word meaning complete
freedom.
a) Annex b) independence
b) c) pursuit of happiness d) edicts