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SS Ch 4
Coley Social Studies Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| loess | yellowish brown soil blown in from the desert |
| terrace | platform of earth that looks like stars |
| levee | dike built to control flooding |
| double cropping | system in which two crops are grown on the same land |
| pictograph | picture that represents words |
| oracle bone | shell or bone used to predict the future |
| provinces | political divisions |
| Ancestor | relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent |
| civil services | using skills and talents to work in government |
| middleman | person who goes between buyers and sellers |
| nobility | high-ranking social class |
| Asia | China is the largest country in_______ |
| contrasts | Due to its great size, China is a land of ______ |
| North China Plain | A large portion of China's food comes from the ______ |
| Beijing | _______ is the country's capital and has been a center of culture and government since the 1200's. |
| 3400 | The Huang River is almost ______ miles long from start to finish. |
| Huang River | Dissolved silt makes the _____ look yellow |
| Gulf of Tonkin | The Guangxi Zhungzu is bordered on the south by the _____ |
| Guangxi Zhungzu | Farming and fishing are very important to the people in the ______ region |
| Zhuang | The largest minority group in China is the ______ |
| Tibetan Plateau | The ____ is known as the Roof of the World |
| Himalayas | The________actually are located in more than one country |
| Laozi | The first great teacher of Daoism |
| Mencius | A follower of Confucius who believed that people were good by nature |
| virtues | the core of Confucianism |
| pictographs | The Chinese language is written in ______ |
| Pangu | creator of the universe, in legends |
| Yu | hero who conquered flooding on Huang River |
| Xia | legendary period whose tales formed a bridge between China's prehistory and China's earliest recorded history |
| Xhou | people from the west of the Huang's great river bend |
| silk | women were in charge of producing ____ |
| golden age | second part of the Zhou dynasty |
| Qin | state divided into 36 provinces |
| Great Wall | built to protect the empire from northern invaders |
| Han Gaozu | first Han ruler |
| Wu Di | built new roads to improve transportation |
| Sima Qian | wrote the first complete history of China |
| Silk Road | the only land connection between China and the rest of the world |
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