1. Chapter 12 Vocabulary Terms
China Unites

2. 1. Warlord – A military leader who runs a government.
2. Economy - An organized way in which people produce, sell, and buy goods and services.
3. Reform - A change that tries to bring about an improvement.
4. Tribute - A payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protection.

3. 5. Monasteries - Religious communities where monks live and work.
6. Neo-Confucianism – Taught that life in this world was just as important as the afterlife.
7. Merit System - Bureaucracy based on what a person can do and not on their riches or personal contacts.
8. Porcelain – A type of ceramic ware that is made of fine clay and baked at high temperatures.

4. 9. Diamond Sutra - The earliest known printed book which contained Buddhist teachings.
10. Calligraphy - The art of producing beautiful handwriting.
11. Tribe - A group of related families.
12. Steppes - Wide, rolling, grassy plains.
13. Terror - Violent actions that are meant to scare people into surrendering.

5. 14. Treason - Disloyalty to the government.
15. The Forbidden City - Palace at the center of the Imperial City where the emperor and his court lived in luxury for more than 500 years.
16. Novel - A long fictional story.
17. Drama - A story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story.

6. 18. Census - A count of the number of people.
19. Barbarians - Uncivilized people.
20. Jesuits - An order of priests known as the pope’s agents in Europe.
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