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Chapters 5 and 6 for Vocab Test #2. (18,17,11,16,20,10,15,13,5,6,19,8,21,14)
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11/14/2010

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Bronze
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Material made from copper and tin used for weapons and agricultural tools.
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Mandate of Heaven
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Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population.
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Oracle bones
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Chinese Shang dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.E.) means of foretelling the future.
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Shang Dynasty
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surpluses supported large armies and a large network of walled towns.
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Xia
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Chinese dynasty (2200-1766 B.C.E.) that is known mainly from legend.
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Xinjiang
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Western Chinese province.
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Yangzi
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River in central China.
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Yellow River
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Important river in ancient China named for the loess soil carried by the river. While "China's Sorrow" has flooded extensively, the loess provided rich soil to work.
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Yu
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Legendary founder of the Xia dynasty (ca. 2200 B.C.E.).
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Zhou
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Chinese dynasty (1122-256 B.C.E.) that was the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics.
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Austronesians
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People who, by as early as 2000 B.C.E., began to explore and settle islands of the Pacific Ocean basin.
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ChavĂ­n cult
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Mysterious but very popular South American religion (1000--300 B.C.E.).
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Lapita
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Society from New Guinea to Tonga (1500-500 B.C.E.) with agricultural villages, networks of trade and communication, and hierarchical chiefdoms.
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Maya
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Brilliant Central American society (300-1100) known for math, astronomy, and a sophisticated written language.
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Mochica
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Pre-Incan South American society (300-700) known for their brilliant ceramics.
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Olmecs
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Early Central American society (1200-100 B.C.E.) that centered around sites at San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes and that influenced later Maya.
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Popol Vuh
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Mayan creation epic.
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Teotihuacan
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Central American society (200 B.C.E.-750 C.E.); its Pyramid of the Sun was the largest structure in Mesoamerica.
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Tikal
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Maya political center from the fourth through the ninth centuries.
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Venta, La
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Early Olmec center (800-400 B.C.E.).
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Yucatan
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Peninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.
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