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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| loess | type of a silt from central Asia that has a pale yellow hue |
| wattle and daub | building technique in which sticks or branches and woven together and then covered with clay for insulation and fire prevention |
| matriarchal | be led by women |
| patrilineal | an embankment created to prevent flooding |
| levee | an embankment created to prevent flooding |
| Xia Period | The part-mythical, part-historical time period of the first dynasty that ruled over the area of the early Chinese civilization |
| Shang Dynasty | the first historically recorded dynasty of China |
| Zhou Dynasty | the longest ruling Dynasty of China that succeeded the Shang through the use of the Mandate of Heaven |
| Pangu | mythic ancestor of the Chinese and a creator of the universe |
| bureaucracy | group of non-elected government officials |
| The Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods |