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LL Test
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47
Language - English
6th Grade
02/27/2010

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Term
line of rulers from the same family
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dynasty
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a noble whose wealth came from land ownership
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aristocrat
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a charcter that stands for an object
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pictograph
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a charcter that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea
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ideograph
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a group of appointed officals who are resonsible for diffrent areas of goverment
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bureaucracy
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formal order
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mandate
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the proper way chinese kings were expected to rule under the mandate of heaven
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dao
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What river flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean?
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the huang he river
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what was the site of the first chinese civilizations?
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the huang he valley
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What is the name of the cold rocky desert east of the Kunlan Shan and Tian Shan Mountians?
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Gobi Desert
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what dynasty ruled over the huang he valley?
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Shang Dynasty
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how did chinas geography affect its development?
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Chinese cultre developed indepentily of most other cultures
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what does the chinese practice of filial piety state?
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taught people that women had little status in society
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what was the period of violence that made people look for ways to restore order called
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period of warring states
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what was new about the goverment under the zhoe dynasty?
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kings were chosen by heavenly laws
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wa wung led a rebellion against what group becuase they were so cruel
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shang
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what chinese invention allowed soldiers to fight on horse back
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the saddle and stirrup
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what taught people that they should put family and community needs above their own
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confunism
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what respect for their parents and pther realitives
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final peity
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who thought humans were naturally evil
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hanfeizi
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what promoted a peaceful society
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daoism
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who was the founder of daoism whose name means the old master
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laozi
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What taught that if each person does his or her duty society will do well?
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confuciosm
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what were the first examples of chinese writing written up
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oracle bones
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what did the people of the shang china belive influenced their lives
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gods spirits and ancestors
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what philosphy taught that people should give up wordly desires
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daoism
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what did legalism teach people that was diffrent than confucianism
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had to be forced to do their duty
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what philosophy taught that people need harsh laws and punishment to make them live rightly
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legalism
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who made sure that goverment officals did their jobs
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censors
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why did confuclanism and daoism devolpe
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a long period of unrest and violence mad them fearful
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how kings in ancient receive messages to guide their actions
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cracks on oracle bones
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what did the invention of the iron plow lead to
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increased trade, population, and land formed
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what did they call the vast network of trade routes that extanded from china to southwest asia
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silk road
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what did the qin build and extand to keep out the xionghu
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great wall
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what dynasty had a warring state whose ruler used a large cavalry force to conquer other states and set up a new dynasty
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the qin dynasty
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who stopped the many harsh qin practices
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gaozu
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who wanted the best minds to work in goverment
Definition
han wudi
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the canal from the chang jaing to guangzhou used to supply troops was an achievement from what dynasty
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qin
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what religion helped people deal with stress and fear of an unstable goverment
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buddhsm
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what items were sent out of china on the silk road
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salt silk tea spicies milk and rice
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when zhang quian went to explore west of china what kind of stories did he bring back
Definition
the roman empire
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why did the earliest chiniese people live in the huang he valley
Definition
frequant flooding and left rich soil
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how was the han dynasty diffrent from the qin dynasty
Definition
their offical policies were not as cruel
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Why did Chinese farmers need to produce many crops on small amounts of land?
Definition
The deserts and mountains could not be farmed on
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The plateau of tibet is in what mountain range
Definition
Himalaylan
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What is the name of the island outside China's eastern border
Definition
Japan
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What inventions helped Chinese society during the Han dynasty
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plow, acupuncture, steel, paper, rubber and drill bits
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