East Asia (Ancient Dynasties)

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  1. 2. this river was Known as "China's Sorrow" due to deadly floods
  2. 6. this was built to keep out northern invaders in China
  3. 7. This famous trade route was established during the Han
  4. 8. This system gave farmers free land in return for taxes paid in Tang China
  5. 10. capital city of Tang Dynasty
  6. 11. longest river in China
  7. 13. this was the most important invention of the Shang Dynasty
  8. 16. these statue warriors were buried in Qin Shi Hunagdi's tomb
  9. 17. This idea was that Chinese rulers got their authority from god
  10. 20. Dynasty that was considered a golden age in Chinese history
  11. 21. _________ service exams Introduced to select government officials based on merit rather than birth.
  12. 24. This philosophy used by the Qin believed that humans were naturally selfish and needed strict laws to keep them under control.
  13. 25. What Shang people used to communicate with ancestors and deities
  14. 27. dynasty that unified the three kingdoms of the Korean peninsula
  15. 28. This religion spread during the Tang Dynasty
  16. 29. Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Qin ________, was a brutal ruler who unified ancient China
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  1. 1. Formed a natural barrier to the southwest, separating China from the Indian subcontinent.
  2. 3. Period after the Zhou marked by intense warfare among states.
  3. 4. Ancient China was __________ in early times due to China's physical geography.
  4. 5. The Tang Dynasty is considered a ________ age of Chinese arts and culture.
  5. 9. This dynasty began construction of the Great Wall.
  6. 10. an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.
  7. 12. Longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history.
  8. 13. This type of printing allowed mass production of books during the Tang
  9. 14. Shang Dynasty was the first to use this metal
  10. 15. the first Chinese Dynasty according to legend.
  11. 18. this philosophy believed in yin and yang
  12. 19. the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine.
  13. 22. This type of literature became popular during the Tang
  14. 23. paper was invented during this chinese dynasty
  15. 26. This dynasty Constructed the Grand Canal