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Define empire 

a group of states or countries under one ruler. 

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What major good did China trade with the rest of the world. 

Silk

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Why was the Great Wall of China created?

To protect from invaders. 

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Where does the emperor fall on the social pyramid?

The top

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What is the Silk Road?

Land and Sea trade routes from China to the Middle East, Europe, Egypt, and the Mediterranean.  

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Why are rivers helpful for farming?

They have rich, fertile, soil. 

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What is the main river that China benefits from?

The yellow river. 

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Define dynasty. 

a line of rulers from the same family for a long time. 

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What did Confucius believe about children?

They should mind their parents, this will bring peace 

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What is the social structure of China? Name all in order. 

Emperor

Government Officials and Warriors

Craftspeople

Farmers and Peasants

Merchants and Traders

Slaves

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What mountains lie to the west of China?

Himalaya mountains 

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Define trade. 

the action of buying and selling goods and services

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What achievement did China create to help with fireworks?  

Gunpowder 

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How is silk made?

With silk worms 

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What is the process by which ideas spread from one culture to another

Cultural Diffusion 

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Which hemisphere is China in?

Northeastern Hemisphere 
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What religion spread along the silk road to China?

Buddhism 
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What was the Chinese belief system that emphasized living in Harmony with nature?

Daoism 

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What deadly terrain did silk road traders have to cross? 

deserts 

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What did all philosophies want to achieve? 

Social stability 

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What geography did Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common? 

They were all established around a river. 

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What is the name of the first dynasty in China? 

The Qin dynasty 

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How long did the Silk Road last? 

almost 2,000 years 

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What things helped unite China into one country under the Qin empire?

He built roads and established one form of currency (money) 

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Why was China cut off from the rest of the world?

They had geographic features that separated them from the world such as Mountains and Deserts. 

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What is the name of the second dynasty in China?

Han Dynasty 

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What is the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties called? 

The dynastic circle 

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What was an impacts of the Han dynasty creating roads and canals through the empire? 

Increased ease of transportation through the empire 

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What kind of ruler did China have?

An emperor 

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The Chinese believed that rulers were appointed from Heaven. What is this called? 

The Mandate of Heaven

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What good did China really want to trade silk for? 

Horses

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Why were the terracotta warriors created? 

To protect the emperor in the afterlife. 

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What group did the Great Wall keep out? 

The Mongolian Horse Archers 

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Why was legalism so harsh?

They did not believe that people were capable of good and needed a strict order to live. 

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What chinese invention allowed the spread of ideas and history that we still use today? 

Paper 

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What are the terracotta warriors made out of?

Terracotta clay 

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Which philosophy rules through harsh punishments? 

legalism 

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Which farming technology did China create that spread to the rest of the world. 

The wheelbarrow and the plow. 

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Why did trade on the silk road end?

Because they began trading over sea with boats

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What was the name of the soil that makes the yellow river yellow and makes the farming soil fertile?

Loess 

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