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Explanation:

1. The Zhou Dynasty gradually lost central authority during the Spring and Autumn period as local lords gained more power.
2. The Warring States Period is generally dated starting around 475 BCE after the end of the Spring and Autumn period.
3. Ying Zheng (later Qin Shi Huang) began the military campaigns to conquer the other warring states in 230 BCE.
4. After the final state Qi fell in 221 BCE, China was unified under Qin Shi Huang.
5. Zheng took the title Qin Shi Huangdi, translating to First Emperor of Qin.
6. He was the first emperor of a unified China.
7. Qin Shi Huang established an autocracy, a centralized government with absolute, unlimited power in the emperor.
8. He moved all regional nobles to the Qin capital Xianyang to consolidate his power over them.
9. He implemented Legalist policies, a strict, authoritarian legal framework focused on strict punishments and centralized control.
10. Qin standardized writing, currency, and weights to unify the country, expanded infrastructure, and economically developed China.
11. Critics of the regime were sent to work on the Great Wall of China as forced labor.
12. Qin Shi Huang ordered the burning of all writings/books from Confucian scholars and any texts critical of the Qin dynasty.
13. He ordered around 460 Confucian scholars to be buried alive for opposing his policies.

Answer:

1. Zhou
2. 475 BCE
3. Ying Zheng
4. Qin Shi Huang
5. Qin Shi Huangdi
6. Emperor
7. Autocracy
8. Xianyang
9. Legalist
10. writing; developed
11. Great Wall of China
12. books; the Qin dynasty
13. 460 Confucian