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Who is a leader who has his own army

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Warlord

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What is the Chinese system of beliefs that describes the way a king must rule?

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Dao

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Who is a group of non-elected government officials?

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Bureaucracy

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What is the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents?

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Filial Peity

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What is a system of belief based on the teachings of Confucius; duty is the central idea?

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Confucianism

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What is a group of people at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level?

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Social Class

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What is the Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin to treat disease or relieve pain?

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Acupuncture

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Who is an official who made sure that government workers did their jobs?

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Censor

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Who is a person who belongs to the highest class of society?

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Aristocrats

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What is the belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods?

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Mandate of Heaven

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What does pictograph mean

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a symbol in a writing system based on pictures

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What is a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea?

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Ideograph

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What is the definition of ancestor

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a family member who is no longer living

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What does it mean if something is Hereditary

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having title or possession by reason of birth

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What is a Chinese philosophy focused on obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature?

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Daoism

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What is the definition of currency?

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Something that is used as money

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What is government work?

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Civil Service

18
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What is a farmer who works land owned by someone else?

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Tenant Farmer

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What is the Chinese philosophy based on the importance of laws?

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Legalism

20
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What river was the birthplace of Chinese civilization?

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Huang He or Yellow river

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What is the main mountain range and desert that makes up some of the land of China?

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Himalayian mountiains and Gobi desert

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How much land in China is farmable land?

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about 10%

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Why did early chinese come up with myths

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To try to understand the past and how they came to be.

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What “animal” is the biggest part of Chinese mythology?

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Dragon

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What was the official first dynasty in China?

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Shang

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What occupation did most people in the Shang Dynasty have?

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Farmers

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How did the people of Early China honor their ancestors?

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Offerings

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What was the longest reigning dynasty in Chinese history?

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Zhou

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What were the 3 philosophies created in Ancient China during the “Period of Warring States”?

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Confucuanism, Daoism, and Legalism

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What was the goal of all 3 of these philosophies?

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aimed to create a well-run peaceful society

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Who created the philosophy of Confucianism

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Confucis

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What was the belief of Confucianism

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People should put the needs of their community and family first

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What was the belief of Daoism

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People should give up all worldly desires in favor of dao (the force that guides all things)

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What was the belief of the founder of Legalism

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All people were naturally evil

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Who was the center of life in China

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Family

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What was the goal of the founder of the Qin dynasty

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Wanted to unify China

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Who was the first strong emperor of the Han dynasty

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Han Wudi

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How long was the time of peace during the Han dynasty

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150 years

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What all flourished during the Han dynasty

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Literature, Medicine, Inventors, and the Arts

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What happened after the fall of the Han dynasty

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Civil wars leading to China being separated into small kingdoms

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What is the silk roads

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Ancient trade route, linking china with the west, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of rome and china

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