Ancient China Review
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- 2. Shi Huangdi commanded that all the _______ be burned except those about farming, medicine, and tech
- 5. To join the civil service you had to take and pass a _________
- 8. Yellow brown soil that is great for farming
- 11. This river is known as "China's Sorrow"
- 16. Mountains, deserts, and seas separated China from other lands (2 words)
- 17. Government/civil service jobs were given based on
- 19. The emperor Wudi's conquests in the west brought the Chinese into contact with people, goods, and ______
- 21. This religion developed in India and was spread throughout China and the rest of Asia using the Silk Road.
- 22. A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars
- 23. the penalty for revealing the secrets of silk making
- 24. The founder of the Han Dynasty (two words)
- 25. Type of money used by a group or nation
- 28. The ancient Chinese were so sure that they lived at the center of the world that they called themselves. (2 words)
- 29. The Chinese belief that rulers came to power because it was their destiny or fate (3 words)
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- 1. This dynasty ruled over ancient China for almost 1000 years
- 3. The emperor Qin made money, weights, measures, writing, and more the same throughout China
- 4. Shi Huangdi divided all of China into areas called
- 6. this was the first civilization in China
- 7. The idea a strong leader and harsh laws are needed to create social order
- 9. An ancient trade route between China and Europe (two words)
- 10. The Chinese used these to warn of attacks along the Great Wall (two words)
- 12. This Chinese invention was created from rags and bark
- 13. Nomadic invaders from the north who attacked China
- 14. The group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government
- 15. Large desert located north of China
- 18. Found of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor
- 20. A dam like structure used to hold back flood waters
- 26. Which of the following Chinese inventions helped the sea shipping merchants?
- 27. The largest construction project in China's history (two words)