China Flashcards
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| 9027015838 | Yellow River | carries soil from Himalayes to the Pacific Ocean |  | 0 |
| 9027034061 | Yangtze river | provides a valley for farming |  | 1 |
| 9027043374 | dynasty | line of rulers in the same family |  | 2 |
| 9027051186 | anyang | Shang dynasty's first capital city. |  | 3 |
| 9027066143 | aristocracts | upper class royals and warlords |  | 4 |
| 9027078783 | bureaucracy | one ruler appoints official to lead department |  | 5 |
| 9027088841 | Wu Wang | defeated Shang dynasty and established Zhou dynasty |  | 6 |
| 9124569077 | mandate of heaven | divine low that gave the emperor his power |  | 7 |
| 9124580949 | filial piety | needs of the family above individuals |  | 8 |
| 9352030291 | confucianism (confucius) | Philosophy based on respect and order |  | 9 |
| 9352051852 | Daoism (laozi) | Philosophy based on harmony with others and nature |  | 10 |
| 9352080443 | Legalism (hanfeizi) | Philosophy based on strict laws and punishments |  | 11 |
| 9368088771 | Civil war | war between people of the same country | 12 | |
| 9368074858 | Qin Shihuangdi | brutal leader who "united" China and "built" the Great Wall. |  | 13 |
| 9377073863 | Liu Bang | founder of Han dynasty |  | 14 |
| 9377075442 | Han Wudi | Han emperor who expanded China |  | 15 |
| 9377084655 | Silk Road | network of trade routes that connected Europe to China |  | 16 |