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A river that flows from the Tibetan plateau, across northern China,and into the Yellow Sea
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Huang River
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A large lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang River; birthplace of Chinese civilization
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North China Plain
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A dusty, yellow soil that has been deposited in this region by the wind.
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loess
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A wall that keeps a river within its banks.
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levee
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The wearing away of soil by wind and water.
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erosion
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A time when very little food is available and people starve.
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famine
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A dry treeless plain. A temperate grassland similar to the prairie.
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steppe
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A line of rulers who belong to the same family.
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dynasty
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Relatives of the kings. A member of a ruling family or one of high rank.
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nobles
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"dragon bones" from cattle or sheep used by priest to tell the future.
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"oracle bones"
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A Chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her life and times.
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Fu Hao
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Shang Dynasty capital city towards the end of the dynasty.
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Anyang
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A supreme ruler of an empire.
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emperor
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Political divisons of land.
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province
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Chinese emperor who founded the Qin Dynasty unified China with a standardized system of writing and money; his tomb contained the famous "clay army."
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Shihuangdi
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An ancient province in northern China that rose to power under Emperor Shihungdi in 221 B.C.
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Qin
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A mountain range in north-central China.
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Qinling Mountains
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Capital city of the Qin dynasty during the rule of Emperor Shihuangdi.
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Xianyang
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A long defensive wall extending 1500 miles through northern China; built between 1300 and 1600.
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Great Wall of China
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A brief statement of main ideas contained in a piece of writing or group of ideas.
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summary
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Sentences that contain main ideas.
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topic sentence
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Confucius's ideas.
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Confucianism
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A right to rule from the gods.
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Mandate of Heaven
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The empire's best school. The brightest students were sent here.
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Grand School
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A machine used to detect earthquakes.
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seismograph
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Farmer turned general who overthrew the Qin dynasty. His family began he Han dynasty.
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Han Gaozu
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A chinese philosopher who stressed the need to respect tradition; his teachings discussed the right and wrong uses of power.
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Confucius
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Han emperor who set up a system of schools that prepared students for government.
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Wudi
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