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15 Cards in this Set
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Chang Jiang River
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the longest river in Asia where civilization first appeared in China; also known as the Yangzi River |
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Confucius |
a teacher and philosopher whose beliefs, "Confucianism" greatly influenced Chinese life and government |
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currency |
also known as money used by a group or nation |
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dike |
a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
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extended family |
closely related people of several generations; siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins by the dozens |
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Huang He River |
second longest river in China; also known as the Yellow River or China's Sorrow |
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Liu Bang |
a peasant warlord who became first emperor of the Han Dynasty; stabilized government |
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loess |
a yellow-brown soil carried and deposited along the Huang He River and North China Plain perfect for growing crops, especially millet (a grain) |
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Middle Kingdom |
a name taken by the Chinese because they were unaware of other civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians...geographic barriers protected them |
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North China Plain |
a large plain built up by soil deposits from the Huang He used for agriculture |
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Shi Huangdi |
first warlord to unify the Chinese Empire; first emperor of the Qin (chin) dynasty |
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silk |
a valuable cloth made from caterpillars called silkworms; originated in China |
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Silk Road |
a series of trade routes extending from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
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warlord |
a leader of a clan or a tribe |
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Wudi |
also known as the "Warrior Empire"; last successful empire to current day Korea and Vietnam |
