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17 Cards in this Set
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The main route that traders traveled between China and Europe was called___________________.
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Silk Road
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Confucius studied the meaning of life. He was a p_________.
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philosopher.
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What emperor built the Great Wall?
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Shi Huangdi
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Why is the "Great Wall" called the wall of tears?
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More than five hundred thousand people died building the wall.
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What did the peasants of the Zhou dynasty have to agree to be in order farm a noble's land?
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a soldier in that noble's army when needed
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What did Shang add to the cultureof the Chinese?
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The writing with pictographs.
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Name 3 things that happened in the Han dynasty.
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first Chinese dictionary, establishment of first silk road, invention of the wheel barrow
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The Qin dynasty created _______________ in the area of economics.
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standarized coins
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What was special about the government of Zhou?
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It was the longest lasting.
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Why was the Great Wall built so wide that 10soldiers could march side by side down it?
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So he could quickly move his army from place to place.
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What test did WuDi use to get the best workers to run the government?
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civil service tests
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Name three things invented during the Han dynasty.
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paper, wheelbarrow, seismograph (detects earthquakes)
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Under Confucianism, a ruler should be obeyed because the people ___________________-.
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respected him.
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What was the longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history?
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Zhou
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Why couldn't the Shang defeat the Zhou militia?
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The Shang weapons were no match for the Zhou 's iron weapons.
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How old was Shi Huangdi when he became the King of Qin?
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13
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How did Shi Huandi unite China into a great empire?
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He crushed the power of the nobles, forcing them to move away from their land, and dividing China into military districts.
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