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The Chinese dynasties in chronological order are

Shang astrologers developed a calendar based on the cycles of the ________.

The breakdown of the Zhou Dynasty led to this period.

The _______ political system had 3 levels the king, lords and warriors, and finally peasants.

The gemstone ________ was often found in the graves of wealthy ancient Chinese.

__________ rested on the idea that the people of China needed ethics or moral values.

________ stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality.

The first emperor of the _______ built a strong government with strict laws &harsh punishments.

Why does Southern China produce more rice than Northern China?

Under the _____ dynasty family was honored including ancestors

_____ dynasty was based on the ideas of Confucius.

The Chinese civil service exam began as a test on

As the Han dynasty became unstable a new religion ____ began to spread.

A ____ is a device that measure the strength of an earthquake invented during the Han dynasty

Why is the Huang He sometimes called the "Yellow River"?

______ is the spread of ideas, goods, and technology from one culture to another.

The first ruling dynasty for which we have evidence is the ______ established in 1500s B.C.

What characteristic did early civilization in Mesopotamia share with that of early China?

Which feature of China's physical geography did not separate early people from the world?

A _____ uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day

Priests of the Shang era "read" __________ to predict the future.

________ began as early as 7000 B.C. along the major rivers of China.

Which of the following is not a main idea of Confucianism?

Which belief system in early China emphasized rebirth like Hinduism does?

The social order in the Shang Dynasty was

Civilization in China began along the Chang Jiang and the ________ rivers.

Which of the following was not an achievement under Emperor Shi Huangdi?

Accupunture was an innovation in the area of ______ by the Han dynasty.

Which of the following developments in China is an example of diffusion?

Modern Chinese is based on the writing system developed during the ____________ dynasty.

The ____ was a 4000 mile network of routes from China to the Mediterranean

The basic Daoist text "The Way and Its Power" was written by

In the north the ___________ provided a physical barrier separating China from its neighbors

_________ is the belief that people are bad by nature and need to be controlled.

The Great Wall, a barrier across China's northern frontier was meant to