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59 Cards in this Set
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China proper
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center of civilization
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Huang He River
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Chinese civilization started here
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loess
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fine yellow soil
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Yangtze river
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2nd major river
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middle kingdom
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Chinese called their land this.... "center of the world
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Barbarians
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people who didn't speak chinese
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xia dynasty
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1st Chinese dynasty
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Pan Ku
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1st man worked 18000 years to create the universe
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Yu the great
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tamed the yellow river
irrigation and flood control |
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Empress So Lingi
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invented silk 2650BC
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Shang Dynasty
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1st historical dynasty
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aristocracy
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upper class wealth based on land
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clans
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groups of families
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Anyang
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Shang capital city
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Bureaucracy
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system of organizing government by departments
ex: army, treasury, law |
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Wu Ding
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greatest Shang king
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Fu Hao
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greatest Shang General
Wu Ding's wife |
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Filial Piety
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duty to family/ respect elders
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silk
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China's main export
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silk
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China's main export
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Shang Di
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supreme emperor/God presided over heaven
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Oracle bones
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oldest example of Chinese writings
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3 Shang achievement
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silk making
lunar calendar bronze making |
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Zhou dynasty
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longest dynasty
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wu wang
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defeated Shang king
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Xian
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Zhou capital
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mandate of heaven
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power to rule that comes from the gods
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feudalism
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local lords governed own lands
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grand canal
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links Huang He and Yangtze rivers
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book of songs
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praise of kings and ceremonies thru love songs
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period of warring states
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7 feudal lords battle for control
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the art of war
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book on military strategy
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dynastic cycle
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rise and fall of the dynasties based on the mandate of heaven
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qin dynasty
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221bc- 207 BC
China was named after this dynasty |
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Shi Huangdi
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1st emperor of China and unified China
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great wall
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built during the Qin dynasty to protect China from northern invaders
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Terra cotta army
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clay soldiers to defend Huangdi's tomb
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Censorate
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eyes and ears of the emperor/ check on gov. officials
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Liu Bang
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Lead revolt against qin dynasty
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Han wudi
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most famous Han emperor
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3 developments of the Han dynasty
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civil service
rudder paper |
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civil service
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quality based on a test
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silk road
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trade route connecting China and fertile crescent
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acupuncture
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needles puncturing the skin to relieve pain
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six dynasties
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civil wars and Han invasions/ end of Han dynasty
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confusious
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developed systems of ideas concerned with worldly goals
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analects
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teachings and sayings of confusious
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legalism
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authoritarian rule/ strict laws/ harsh punishments
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Hanfeizi
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founder of leagalism
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Daoism
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live in harmony with nature
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dao
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"the way" of the universe
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greed
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motives for most actions
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master king
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aka confusious
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Sun-Tzu
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wrote the book of arts
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Chinese Caesar
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Shi Huangdi
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wall of ten thousand li
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great wall
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river of sorrows
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aka Huang He river
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zhongguo
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Chinese called their land this
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goddess of silk
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Empress si lingi
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