Ancient History
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- The Han Chinese made one item that we use everyday: _______________.
- A __________ uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.
- desired a return to family order and social harmony
- true or false- The Great Wall was built to protect China from invasion.
- the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
- _______________________________ was the first emperor of the Han dynasty.
- The ____________, a device that measures the strength of an earthquake, was invented during the Han dynasty.
- The first to put their ideas into practice throughout China
- the lowest social class, farmed noble lands
- stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality
- The government established under the Han dynasty was based on the ideas of ______________.
- true or false- The Qinling Shandi mountain range separates eastern China from western China.
- true or false- China's physical geography made the land unsuitable for farming, therefore early civilizations relied on the sea for food.
- true or false- Civilization in China began along the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers.
- true or false- The graves of rich people often contained beautiful objects made from jade, a hard gemstone.
- true or false- Priests of ancient China believed they could predict the future by interpreting cracks on oracle bones.
- people of high rank who received land in exchange for their loyalty
- A mixture of copper and tin is called
- Best known for it's Hammurabi's Code of law which states, "an eye for an eye"
- Named for its capital Ashur which is itself the name of a God