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Box Quiz 11
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Loess | yellowish-brown fertile soil, which due to the blowing of the wind, is deposited into the Yellow River |
| Huang He | nicknamed “China’s Sorrow” due to its periodic flooding |
| Three Gorges Dam | being built along the Yangtze River, when completed, it will provide China with 10% of its national electric needs and displace over 1 million people |
| Xia | legendary Chinese dynasty, said to have been located around the Huang He, much debate as to its actual existence |
| Oracle Bones | animal bones and tortoise shells on which preists would etch questions for the gods |
| Mandate of Heaven | created by the Zhou dynasty, this was the idea that rulers had divine approval |
| Dynastic Cycle | pattern of rise, decline and replacement of a dynasty |
| Feudalism | political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king |
| Filial Piety | respect for parents and elders |
| Qin | founded by Shi Huangdi, this dynasty rose after the fall of the Zhou and follwed a policy of Legalism. China gets its name from this dynasty |