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Question | Answer |
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Silk road | the most well know trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. |
The great wall of china | the biggest wall in china. |
levee | a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding. |
loess | a fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain found in china. |
oracle bones | in ancient china, a cattle or sheep bones to predict the future |
mandate of heaven | The belief that the Chinese emperors right to rule came from the gods. |
emperor Qin's terracotta army | a collection of 800 terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of qin shi huang |
analects | selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors |
famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation. |
Huang river | The Huang He is the world's sixth-longest river. Its 3,395 miles. Its source is the Kunlun Mountains, in western China. Its mouth is the Gulf of Bohai. |
north china plain | a geographical region of China. The heartland of North China is the North China Plain. |
steppe | a dry, grassy treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe. |
ordos desert | a desert and steppe region lying on a plateau in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. |
plateau | an area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land. |
dynasty | a line of rulers who belong to the same family. |
erosion | The gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers,or water |
stir fry | food with meat and vegtables in a fast cooking way. |