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| A barrier built on the Chang Jiang River to control floods. |
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| A high desert in China and Mongolia. |
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| The longest river in Asia, flowing through eastern China. |
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| A ruler of an empire, which is a group of different territories or cultures led by a single all-powerful authority. |
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| A huge and long wall built to keep nomads out of china |
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| A belief system based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese scholar. |
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| An educated person who worked in China's government. |
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| A government and economic system in which the government holds nearly all political power and the means of production in the name of the people. |
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| Communist leader of China from 1949-1976 |
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| a Chinese belief system based on the idea of natural order in the world |
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| According to the belief system of Daoism, a force that guides the whole universe |
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| A religion that is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama |
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| the founder of Buddhism also known as the Buddha, or "enlightened one" |
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| a governmental division like a state |
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| National People's Congress (NPC) |
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| China's national law-making body |
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| the location of a huge demonstration for democratic rights that occurred in 1989 |
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| an economy in which the government owns all land, factories, and businesses, and decides what will be produced |
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| an economy in which business is privately owned |
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