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the Huang He

and Ancient China-for History test

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loess a dusty, yellow soil in northern China
Huang He a 3,000 mile long river in northern China; "the yellow river"
Chang Jiang "the long river"; the Yangtze; the third longest river in the world; located in southern China
gorges mountain passes with steep rocky sides
steppe a dry, treeless plain
dynasty a line of rulers that belong to the same family
oracle bones sheep or cattle bones that when heated over a fire crack. The cracks tell the future.
Mandate of Heaven an idea that says that if a government is ruling unfairly, they can be overthrown.
Wuwang the first Zhou king
Confucius the most famous Chinese scholar
Shihuangdi the first Chinese emperor; only ruler during the Qin dynasty
legalism a system of government that rewards those who have done good deeds and punishes those who do bad deeds
Liu Pang overthrew Shihuangdi's son; started Han dynasty, took the name Gao Zu
Confucianism the teachings of Confucius; the base of Han government
Wudi ruler in Han dynasty; emperor that made the Grand School and its lesser counterparts to expand the Han bureaucracy
bureaucracy an organization that runs the daily business of government
seismograph a machine that detects earthquakes
rough-straw paper the first ever paper; made by the Han
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