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A dusty yellow soil
What is Loess?
Ordos Desert
Which desert does the Huang river curve around?
Wudi
Who was the first STRONG ruler of Han Dynasty?
Famine
What is the term for a shortage of food?
He was a farmer turned general
What job did Han Gazou have?
A good and civilized people like he believed they once had been
What did Confucius want China to be?
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
Earthquake detector
What is a seismograph
What was the capital state called in 1700 B.C.?
Han Dynasty
Which Dynasty invented the Seismograph?
Farmers cut down trees because more farmland was needed and resulted in the washing away of soil by wind or water which is called erosion.
Why did farmers cut down trees in the HUANG valley? and what was the result?
Chang River
Which river lies to the south of the Huang River?
Han rulers wanted to lessen the power of Rulers and rule more fairly
Why did Confucianism become accepted again during Han Dynasty?
The North China Plain
Where does the Huang river spread silt during summer floods?
Over 3,000 miles
50 per year
How many students were accepted into the Grand School during Wudi's rule?
One of the world's biggest deltas
What is the North China Plain?
The advanced school that Wudi set up
What is the Grand School?
The strain of failed military campaigns beyond China and fighting between Han rulers.
Why did the Han dynasty end?
a dry, treeless plain
What is a steppe?
A landform created by the deposition of sediment (silt, sand) at the mouth of a river as it enters a slower, larger body of water, such as an ocean or lake.
What is a delta?