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Chinese History – List 3.2.1 Cloze Passage
Vocabulary: invaders, ancestor, emperors, Great Wall, legalism,
dynasty, bronze
A series of ___________ ruled China from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 220.
These emperors belonged to four families, or ___________, of rulers, the
Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty. As
time went on the emperors conquered more land and the size of the Chinese
empire increased. Each dynasty brought different characteristics or
contributions to Chinese culture. During the Shang Dynasty a system of
writing was developed and ______________was first used to make weapons
and containers. The Zhou Dynasty also brought improved ways of farming.
A road system was created during the Qin Dynasty, and the construction of
the ____________ of China was completed as a defense against foreign
_____________. The first ruler of the Qin Dynasty, Shi Huangdi,
introduced a form of government called __________. This meant that
there were many laws that were strictly enforced, often with a penalty of
death for disobedience.