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What is cultural diffusion?

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When certain values, ideas or cultures are adopted by different cultures. They exchanged goods and culture

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What are Oracle bones?

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Parts of animal bone used in divination ceremonies in the Shang Dynasty

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What is the silk road?

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An ancient trade route, linking China with the west, the carried goods and ideas between the two civilizations of Rome and China

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What is isolate?

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To cut off from the rest of the world

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What is emperor?

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The supreme ruler of an empire

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What is the mandate of heaven?

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It was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the king or emperor of China. The ruler was the son of Heaven or the universal monarch.

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Who was Shi Huangdi?

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He was the ruler and founder of the QIN dynasty, and the first emperor of the United China. He held absolute power.

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What is Confucianism?

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An ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality. Respect for others is key.

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What is Daoism?

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Should live in harmony with nature.

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What is legalism?

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Strict, following of laws or formulas. To control how people behave.

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What is a natural resource?

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Materials or things, such as wood water, land, another things from nature

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What is a human resource?

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Merchants

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What is a capital resource?

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Human made resources used by a company to create goods and services.

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What is filial piety?

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The important virtue and duty of respect, obedience, and care for once parents and elderly family members

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Where did most people settle in China?

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The north China plane

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Why did China develop with little outside influence?

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It had natural barriers that isolated or cut it off from most of the rest of the world

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Why is the yellow river known as China sorrow?

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Because before damming, it was extremely prone to flooding, and it caused millions of deaths

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What kept the price of silk high?

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They wanted to keep it secret

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What was the first Chinese dynasty?

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The Xia dynasty

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Name three technological Chinese inventions

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Gunpowder, papermaking, and the compass and printing

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Why was the Great Wall of China built?

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 to keep invaders out of China from the north

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What is the capital resource?

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A horse harness

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