T13 Vocabulary Imperial China

a new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius that included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs

• neo-Confucianism

• orthodoxy

• regime

• convert

flat, dry grassland

• steppe

• caravel

• saffron

• census

a count of the number of people in a country

• Census

• Convert

• Caravel

• Saffron

violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people

• Terror

• Celadon

• Porcelain

• Regime

an uncivilized person

• Barbarian

• Convert

• Armada

• Steppe

to accept a new belief; to bring from one belief to another

• Convert

• Barbarian

• Regime

• Terror

planning and directing the course of a ship to reach a destination

• Navigation

• Compass

• Orthodoxy

• Maritime

a belief or practice that follows established thinking

• Orthodoxy

• Terror

• Barbarian

• Convert

rulers during a given period of time

• 
  Regime

• Orthodoxy

• Converts

• Barbarians

a fragrant spice

• Saffron

• Regime

• Census

• Caravel