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- 3. Which crop did Chinese farmers discover grew well in the Chang Jiang Valley?
- 5. a hard gemstone
- 6. A legendary emperor, Yu the Great, is believed to have founded the _____ dynasty around 2200 BC.
- 11. moral values
- 14. Which geographical feature south of the Tibetan Plateau forms part of China's southern border?
- 15. Shang society valued the connection between one generation and the next and therefore people worshiped their _____.
- 17. China's first writing system used _____, symbols that express words or ideas.
- 20. an early Chinese belief that stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality
- 21. The Daoist teacher Laozi believed the most important goal in life was to become one with _____.
- 22. One of the physical barriers that separates China from the outside world is a desert called the _____.
- 23. Daoist philosophy spread throughout Korea and _____, mainly by merchants and missionaries along trade routes.
- 24. The Zhou Empire declined as _____ refused to respect the authority of the kings.
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- 1. On what did Zhou leaders base their right to rule?
- 2. the most famous Daoist teacher
- 4. an early Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
- 7. The Shang social order had the ruler and nobles at the top and _____ in the middle.
- 8. farmers with small farms
- 9. Confucius believed that the best way to raise good children is to set a good ______.
- 10. a prediction
- 12. people of high rank
- 13. Confucius's teachings are guidelines of how people should treat each other, or _____.
- 16. the most influential teacher in Chinese history
- 18. the ideas of Confucius
- 19. The _____ or Yellow River, has caused severe flooding resulting in the deaths of millions of Chinese people.