Ancient China

Front

The Yellow River is the ____________ in Chinese.

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Huang He

Front

The first Chinese Dynasty to leave written records.

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Shang

Front

China’s heartland, the center of its civilization

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North China Plain

Front

The name the Chinese used to describe their own country as the center of the civilized world

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Middle Kingdom

Front

A political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king

Back

feudalism

Front

The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of ruling families in China

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dynastic cycle

Front

Which new dynasty defeated the Shang?

Back

Zhou

Front

True or False - Citizens could overthrow the king if there was a bad harvest or natural disaster.

Back

true

Front

What were the time periods in ancient China broken up into? Options: Dynasties, Decades, Cycles, Kingdoms

Back

Dynasties

Front

Why was the Huang He nicknamed "China's Sorrow"?

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It often flooded and destroyed crops and villages.