Ancient China

6. Lack of strong leaders caused the dynasty to grow weak
7. Written evidence from the Shang dynasty found on animal bone or tortoise shell.
10. River known as China's sorrow, made yellow because of windblown silt.
11. desert located in Western China, China's largest desert
12. first dynasty to produce bronze, had written script, calendar of 12 months, ivory and jade statues, built China's first cities
14. A desert located in Northwestern China and Mongolia
19. Earliest Chinese dynasty supported by archaeological evidence
20. what rulers were governed by; the right to rule was decided by the gods
21. Ruled over small area in Northern China, took over distant territories with bronze weapons and chariots
22. a controversial dam and hydroelectric plant that controls flooding along the river and provide.

1. situated between the Himalayan Mountains and the Taklimakan Desert; called the "rooftop of the world"
2. a payment made to a ruler
3. number of workers used to construct the wall
4. Built roads, Expanded trade, Used horses and horse-drawn carriages, Crossbow, Iron weapons, Iron plow, Large scale irrigation projects, Bronze casting
5. Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism were developed
8. War lords (local rulers) ran sections of China.It was a period of frequent fighting between the various war lords
9. River The longest river in Asia, flowing through eastern China.
13. invaders destroyed Zhou capital, but the Zhou emperor fled eastward and established a new capital
15. First dynasty in traditional Chinese History; Founded by Yu the Great
16. remained for another 500 years, but was smaller and less powerful
17. world's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China, started by the Qin Dynasty, expanded by the Han Dynasty
18. A mountain range that spreads across China and other countries and includes the Earth's highest peaks.