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| What does Huang He mean in Chinese? |
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| Why is the Yellow River yellow? |
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| Because the loess blows into the river. |
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| a yellowish colored soil deposited into the river |
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| What have people built to control flooding along the Huang River? |
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| Why is the 'Yellow River' known as the 'River of Sorrows'? |
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| Floods wipe out the crops and kill the people. |
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| What nickname is given to the Tibetan Plateau? |
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| Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall? |
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| To protect the empire from northern invaders. |
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| How did Confucianism and Daoism influence Chinese history and culture? |
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| Refer back to today's conversation about the central beliefs of Confucious |
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| China’s written history dates back 3,500 years. Where was the early writing found? |
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| Who held ancient China’s highest rank in society? |
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| The emperor and the royal family. |
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| The Chinese calendar is based on the movements of the ________. |
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| In 1974, what did workers discovered in Xian, China? |
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| a life-size army of clay soldiers and horses |
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| Dynastic rule and emperors ruled in China until 1912. What is dynastic rule? |
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| Emperors all come from the same family. |
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| The most important holiday for the Chinese is the ________? |
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| The majority of the ancient Chinese did what for a living? |
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| The flooded areas where rice is grown are called ____ |
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| Who was the first Chinese Emperor? |
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| An insect that played a major role in clothing the Chinese. |
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| A trade route that linked China with the West as called the _______. |
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| Can you see the Great Wall of China from outer space? |
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| What is China's capital and center of culture and government since the 1200's? |
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| What mountain range rises on the southern border of China? |
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| The largest desert in Asia that stretches across Mongolia and parts of China is ? |
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| What European made this route famous and opened it for trade? |
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| A collection of moral sayings by Confucious |
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| What is the divine right (from God) to govern for the good of the people called? |
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| another name for a high ranking social class |
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| What is the system in which two cros are grown on the same land? |
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