The Indus Valley

Sandy yellow soil

• loess

• legend

• ancestors

• oracle bones

deceased relatives who lived longer ago than grandparents

• loess

• legend

• ancestors

• oracle bones

bones and sheels used in ceremonies to answer questions about the future

• loess

• legend

• ancestors

• oracle bones

A story handed down from earlier times.

• loess

• legend

• ancestors

• oracle bones

Right actions and thinking needed to lead the people

• tyrant

• characters

• standardized

• virtues

A ruler who controls through cruelty

• tyrant

• characters

• standardized

• virtues

symbols used by the Shang on their writing

• tyrant

• characters

• standardized

• virtues

Cause something to conform to a standard or generalize it

• tyrant

• characters

• standardized

• virtues

the right to rule

• tyrant

• characters

• mandate

• virtues