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ancient china test

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Tibetan plateau towering himilaya mountains from the southern edge of a large plain
haung he river means yellow river in English 3,000 mile across northern china also known as chinas sorrow because river floods have killed thousands of people living on these banks
loess dusty yellow soil that is easily carried by wind
north china plain when the haung he floods silt deposits to create rich farmlands
famines widespread shortages of food
levees walls that control river floods
gobi dessert located in northern china and stretches over 1,000 miles from east to west
chang jiang river also known as the long river or yangze worlds 3rd longest river begins in the Tibetan plateau and continues across central china for over 3,000 miles until it reaches the east china sea flows through several gorges
gorges mountain passes with steep rocky sides before reaching sea level
steppes dry treeless plain
dynasty line of rulers who belong to the same family
emperor supreme ruler of an emperor,or a group of states under one group
shihuangdi "first grand emperor" and he unified china and also founded the Qin dynasty
Qinling mounains mountain range in
Tibetan plateau towering himilaya mountains from the southern edge of a large plain
haung he river means yellow river in English 3,000 mile across northern china also known as chinas sorrow because river floods have killed thousands of people living on these banks
loess dusty yellow soil that is easily carried by wind
north china plain when the haung he floods silt deposits to create rich farmlands
famines widespread shortages of food
levees walls that control river floods
gobi dessert located in northern china and stretches over 1,000 miles from east to west
chang jiang river also known as the long river or yangze worlds 3rd longest river begins in the Tibetan plateau and continues across central china for over 3,000 miles until it reaches the east china sea flows through several gorges
gorges mountain passes with steep rocky sides before reaching sea level
steppes dry treeless plain
dynasty line of rulers who belong to the same family
emperor supreme ruler of an emperor,or a group of states under one group
shihuangdi "first grand emperor" and he unified china and also founded the Qin dynasty
Qinling mounains mountain range in north central china
provinces political divisions of land
xianyang capitol city that shihuangdi forced many nobles to move to
great wall of china long defensive wall extending 1,500 miles through northern china
legalism philosophy of government that shihuangdi used
hsiang yu led the rebellion with a peasant named liu pang from the ha dynasty
gau zu the name that liu pang took when he became the emperor of china his family began the han dynasty
confucinism the teaching of Confucius
wudi han emperor who ruled china set up a system of schools that prepared students for government jobs
bureaucracy organization that runs the daily business of government
grand school a school begun by confuciun scholars in china that trained students for government jobs
seismograph detects earthquakes
wang mang took over chinas throne founding his own dynasty
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