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| Tibetan Plateau | a high mountain plateau in Asia |
| Huang He | a river that flows from the Tibetan Plateau, across northern China, and into the Yellow Sea |
| loess | a fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in China |
| North China Plain | a large, lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang He; birthplace of Chinese civilization |
| famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation |
| Chang Jiang | the longest river in China, flowing from Tibet into the East China Sea. It is also known as the Yangtze River |
| gorge | mountain pass with steep rocky sides |
| steppe | a dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe |
| dynasty | a line of rulers who belong to the same family |
| Anyang | the ancient Chinese capital of the Shang dynasty |
| Fu Hao | Chinese noble woman. Her tomb contained records of her time |
| oracle bones | in ancient China, a cattle or sheep bone used to predict the future |
| Wuwang | Founder of the Zhou dynasty of China |
| Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese emperor's right to rule came from teh gods |
| Warring States Period | the period between 475 BCE and 221 BCE after the Zhou Empire in China ended and local rulers went to war with each other |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher who stressed the need to respect tradition |
| Lao Zi | Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism |
