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Chinese dynastic history goes back for almost _______ years.
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4000
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2000 BCE to 2000 CE
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Along what River Valley did earliest Chinese civilization form?
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The Huang He or Yellow River Valley in Northeast China.
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Think the color of the LOESS (silt)
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What great desert borders Northern China and Mongolia?
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The Gobi Desert.
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The Mongolian "barbarians" used to ride across it and cross the Great Wall to invade China. Begins with a G.
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The Western half of China is very _____________.
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Mountainous.
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Hints: Himalayas, Kunlun, Pamir, Altai, Tien Shan, need I say more?? You would NOT be able to live there easily.
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Eastern China borders the ________ Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean.
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Also OK: Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, Gulf of Tonkin - had enough yet?
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The Himalayan mountains and the jungles of ____ _______ border Southwest China
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Viet Nam.
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A nation we fought in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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What river valley is the longest river in China, located in Central China, and it's mouth is near the populous city of Shanghai?
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The Chiang Jiang or Yangtze River.
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Chinese attempted to dam this river with hydroelectric power is currently controversial because of all the river valley villages and lands that will flood.
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Cutting steps into the sides of mountains to expand agriculture and prevent erosion.
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Terracing.
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Begins with a T
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This high plateau is north of the Himalayas and the home of the Dalai Lama and controversy.
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TIBETAN PLATEAU.
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Begins with a T
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Percent of China that is arable.
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10% approximately
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Arable means good for farming.
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Part of China most Chinese live.
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Eastern and Southeastern Coastline and along River Valleys.
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It ain't fun to live in the mountains or the Takla Makan or the Gobi Desert.
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The Shang Dynasty had bronzes, royal tombs, and the first indications of THIS on oracle bones.
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CHINESE CHARACTERS (CALLIGRAPHY or WRITING also OK)
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IDEOGRAPHS is another term for this.
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The Capital of China today and the Home of the Forbidden City (of the Emperors).
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Beijing.
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Formerly Peking.
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This is the term that justified why an emperor must be obeyed or when he must be overthrown.
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MANDATE OF HEAVEN.
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When the crops failed, or floods occurred, it was a sign that the gods no longer favored this emperor or this dynasty. It was the people's duty to obey him unless the heavens withdrew this permission to rule.
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The ZHOU dynasty was China's classical age What two major Chinese philosophies developed at this time?
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Confucianism and Daoism (or Taoism)
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One emphasizes harmony in society by obedience, respect for authority; the other emphasizes harmony with nature and following the DAO or path of nature.
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This short dynasty linked up the Great Wall, centralized government, and created the cruel philosophy of Legalism.
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QIN (formerly spelled Chin)
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In this 20 year dynasty, they also burned all books and only allowed agriculture and soldiering as careers. Think brutal laws and punishments
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What dynasty went roughly 200 years before and after Christ, and created Confucian bureaucracy, civil service exams (tests to advance in government).
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HAN.
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The Chinese people call themselves this today, to distinguish themselves from Chinese minority groups.
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These are the two golden ages of art, literature and cultural flowering in Chinese history.
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TANG and SONG.
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They sound like English words.
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Chinese invented these things first.
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Gunpowder (Fireworks); Umbrella; Paper; Printing Press; Coal; Magnetic Compass.
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We could go on and on.
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This was the dynasty of Kubla Khan, Mongolian Emperor and descendant of Genghis Khan.
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Yuan Dynasty.
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Marco Polo visited this dynasty and wrote a book that led later Europeans to want to explore China and other parts of the world.
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This dynasty was famous for its porcelain pottery. It also had a period of naval exploration to India, Southeast Asia and Africa; However they eventually halted exploration and returned to isolation.
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MING dynasty.
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Begins with an M.
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The last dynasty. China was in decline, very weak, and its economy eventually taken over by Western powers. It collapsed in 1911.
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The QING or MANCHU Dynasty.
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These emperors came from Northeastern China, where today many raw materials for factories exist. The film "LAST EMPEROR" is about them.
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