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The Rise of Civilization in China Vocab
vocabulary words for chapter 10 in California Prentice Hall 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations
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6th Grade
05/14/2013

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chaos
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noun- a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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dynasty
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noun- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
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cultivation
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noun- (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops;
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oracle bones
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noun- animal bones carved with written characters that were used to tell the future
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Mandate of Heaven
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noun- they believed that heaven was a supreme force of nature that gave dynasties the right to rule. They called this right of rule the Mandate of Heaven
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tributary
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adj.- paying tribute; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; noun a branch that flows into the main stream
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ideograph
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noun- a graphic character used in ideography
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dike
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noun- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea;
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warlord
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noun- supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak
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steppe
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noun- extensive plain without trees
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loess
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noun- a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
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cavalry
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noun- a highly mobile army unit; troops trained to fight on horseback
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