Ancient China Flashcard

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Deposits of yellow silt that makes soil fertile

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Loess

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A desert area with very dry grasslands and no trees

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Steppes

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The Zhou people believed that this gave them the order to rule China

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Mandate of Heaven

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Confucius’s teaching that called for children to respect and honor their parents

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Filial piety

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A form of government that gave all of the power to one leader

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Shi Huangdi

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Created by Wu Di, this changed the day-to-day running of government and increased the importance of education.

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Civil Service

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One of the most traveled trade routes covering 4,000 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through Asia.

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Silk Road

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A leader of China who named himself “The First Emperor of China”.

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Qin Shi Huangdi

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What does the word peasants mean in the text?

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Poor farmers