1 Historians believe Chinese civilization began in the _______________________ valley where people started growing crops about 9,000 years ago.
2 Fine dusty soil called _______________________ in the valley of Huang He contributed to fertile farming conditions in China.
3 The _______________________, the world’s tallest mountains, separate China from India and from the rest of southern Asia.
4 The _______________________, a vast desert, provided protection from enemies who would invade China from the west.
5 Most historians date the beginning of early Chinese civilization to the rise of the _______________________ dynasty.
6 The use of _______________________ bones to ask questions of one’s ancestors led to the development of Chinese writing.
7 The Zhou introduced the idea called the _______________________ to explain why the Shang were overthrown.
8 It was _______________________ who said that a leader should be advised by qualified, well-informed people, which led Chinese emperors to select advisors based on merit rather than on birth.
9 Confucian thoughts on how to improve society were later colleced in a book called the _______________________.
10 The philosopher __________________________ wrote an influential book about Daoist beliefs called the Dao De Jing.
