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china
Term | Definition |
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loess | A deposit of yellow silt |
steppe | A dry, treeless grassland |
terrace farming | Flat areas built on the slopes of hills and mountains |
dialect | A way of speaking |
heritage | a set of ideas passed down from one generation to another. |
Character | symbols |
oracle bone | animal bones and turtle shells |
diviner | A person they believed could help them speak to the gods and ancesters. |
Mandate of heaven | rule over china |
Virtue | good qualities |
Feudalism | This political system of exchanging land for loyalty |
Filial piety | children were expected to treat their parents with honor and respect |
Confucianism | His ideas spread across eastern asia and came to be called Confucianism |
Legalism | Shi haungdi relied on fear of rule . That was his way of governing |
Bureaucracy | A large group of appointed officials |
province | Administratve regions |
standardization | Making systems such as money , weights and measures |
Civil service | Is a part of a bureaucracy that does the day-to-day running of a government |
Ambassador | A government reprisentative |
Silk road | The most traveled trade routes |