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Ancient China
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History
6th Grade
09/25/2009

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Loess
Definition
a yellow brown soil that blows in from the desert
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Nobility
Definition
a high ranking social class
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Middleman
Definition
a person who goes between the buyer and the seller
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Civil Service
Definition
the practice of using skills and talents to work in the government
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Ancestor
Definition
a relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent
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Province
Definition
a territory
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Oracle bone
Definition
a bone commonly used during the shang dynasty in China to predict the future
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Pictograph
Definition
a picture the represents a word
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Double Cropping
Definition
a process in which two crops are grown on the same land in the same year
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Levee
Definition
a dike used to control flooding
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Terrace
Definition
a platform of earth
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Explain confucianism (What did he believe)
Definition

Sense of humanity

respect for the family

humility or modisty

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Why is Huang river yellow?
Definition
Yellow silt is dissolved in the river water
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What have people built to control flooding along the Huang River?
Definition
Levees
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Why has the Huang river been called "China's Sorrow"?
Definition
The river's flooding has wiped out crops and left people homeless
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Describe the Tibetan Plateau
Definition
The land is very rocky and is surrounded by mountain ranges
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Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China?
Definition
Protect the empire from northern invaders
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How did confucianism and daoism influence Chinese history and culture?
Definition
Values such as order, harmony, and ways of making the world right began to spread
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What might be considered the first principle of Confucianism?
Definition
Respect all people
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What is the central belief of Daoism?
Definition
Live in harmony with nature
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China is the _____ country in Asia
Definition
largest
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The ____ river is known as the Yellow River.
Definition
Huang
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Chinese legend states that ____ is creator of the universe.
Definition
Pangu
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Women were in charge of producing _____.
Definition
Silk
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The ___ refers to the first period in China.
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XIA
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___ helped the Shang people make predictions about the future.
Definition
Cracks
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Who started the Great Wall of China?
Definition
Shi Huangdi
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Who wrote the 1st complete history book of China?
Definition
Sima Qian
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List the four dynasties of China
Definition
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
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