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| Along what two great rivers did Chinese settlement develope? | Huang He and Yangtze |
| Which is the northern Chinese river? | Huang He |
| Which is the central Chinese river? | Yangtze |
| What main crops are grown along the Huang He? | Wheat, millet, and barley |
| What main crop is grown along the Yangtze? | Rice |
| What landforms are the western boder of China? | The Tibetan plateau and the Kunlin Mountains |
| What were shells and skulls used to tell fortunes in the Shang Dynasty? | Oracle Bones |
| What are Chinese "letters" called? | Characters |
| What are the Chinese principles of duality? light/dark, male,female | Yin yang |
| What is the confucisu virtue of manly character? | Jen |
| What is a series of rulers from a single family? | Dynasty |
| what did Chinese believe was the origin of their universe? | The cosmic egg. |
| What two kinds of people did the goddess make from mud? | Nobles and peasants. |
| What did chinese call their country? | Middle kingdom |
| What northern landform protected China? | Gobi desert |
| What is an English name for the Huang He? | Yellow River |
| What fossil shows us that hominids were in china half million years ago? | Peking Man |
| Neolithic China perfected what craft? | Black and red pottery-making |
| What is the social and political system of mutual protection and obligation? | Feudalism |
| The Chinese language and coordinated flood control occurred first under what dynasty? | Xia (around 2000 BC) |
| What dynasty was known for its fierce chariots, written language and Bronze craft? | Shang |
| How is Chou pronounced? | Joe |
| During the Chou dynasty (1122-256 BC) what two government monopolies were developed? | Iron and salt production |
| What is the Period of Warring States? | Civil war between local chiefs during the breakup of the Chou dynasty. |
| Which is central to chinese society: individual or group? | Group, like family and clan. |
| What school was founded by Han Fei Tzu? | Legalists |
| the Legalists belief that man was bad and needed to be forced to obey was used by what dynasty? | Q'in |
| What book did the Taoists use to predict the future? | I Ching |
| What Chinese philsopher believed man was good and through education would live harmoniously? | Confucius |
| What are the essential Confucian relationships? | Father/son, emperor/subjects,husband/wife/olderbrother/younger brother, father/son |
| What bureaucratic elite used Confucianism? | Mandarins |
| Who founded Taoism? | Lao Tze |
| What does Tao mean? | The Way |
| What school emphasized creative quietude and harmony with nature? | Taoism |
| what school did pesants most follow? | Taoism |
| Who unified China in 221 BC? | Q'in Shih Huang Ti |
| What did the First Sovereign emperor do to keep out northern invaders ? | He built the Great Wall of China |
| What workers built the Great Wall? | Forced laborers |
| What ways did Q'in Shih Huang Ti unify China? | Standarized weights, measures, writing, and built imperial roads. |
| What phrase means that a ruler is wise and just? | Mandate of Heaven |
| What signs show the ruler has lost the Mandate of Heaven? | Droughts, floods, civil unrest, famine |
| What type of art was influenced by Taoism? | Landscape art |
