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Chapter 4Ancient Chinese Civilization
(c. 1500 B.C.–A.D. 589)Test # 1
Mr. C. Dennison
Cardinal Hayes HS
Bronx. NY
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oracle bones
• Cattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated.
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Xia
• Line of kings ruling over a late Neolithic people in the Huang River region of China starting in about 2000 B.C.
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Shang
• Invaders of the Huang River valley who came to power sometime between 1750 B.C. And 1500 B.C. And established the first dynasty in China.
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leveling
• Policy in which government uses price controls to balance the economic effects of farm surpluses or shortages.
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Qin • Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C., under which the first true empire of China was created.
Shang The ________ may
have cemented their power by introducing and controlling irrigation and flooding.
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Mandate of Heaven.• Rebels
overthrowing a dynasty could justify their action by claiming the old dynasty had lost the ____________.
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