| A | B |
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| Merchants | Local shopkeepers, traders and bankers |
| Huang He Valley | Site of the first Chinese civilizations |
| Oracle bones | Used to contact spirits |
| Tenant farmers | Rented land from aristrocrats and paid rent in crops |
| Civil Service | Exams used to determine the best candidate for a job |
| Qin Shihuangdi | Started the Great Wall of China and had the Terra-Cotta Army constructed |
| Qin Shihuangdi | Ruled on ideas of legalism |
| Pictograph | A character that stands for an object. |
| Aristrocrats | Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned |
| Bureaucracy | A concept where officials are appointed for goverment positions |
| Shang Dynasty | Wu Wang led a rebellion against them because they were cruel. |
| Mandate of Heaven | Allowss the overthrow of a poor ruler. |
| Dao | The proper way that kings were supposed to rule during the Zhou dynasty. |
| Iron plows, flood control systems, irrigation | Helped produce more food during the Zhou Dynasty |
| Yangtze River | Yellow River |
| Himalaya Mountains | Barrier between India and China |
| Daoism | People should give up worldly desires |
| Daoism | Laozi is the founder |
| Confucianism | A Chinese philosophy that all members should have a sense of duty. |
