| A | B |
|---|
| First Chinese dynasty | Shang |
| Dynasty that used oracle bones | Shang |
| Dynasty that developed pictographs | Shang |
| The rise and fall of dynasties | Dynastic cycle |
| Ancient Chinese belief that a ruler had the gods' approval | Mandate of Heaven |
| Time when there was constant fighting | Time of warring states |
| Emperor of the Qin dynasty | Shi Huangdi |
| Emperor who had the Great Wall built | Shi Huangdi |
| Network of appointed officals that assist in providing government | bureaucracy |
| Dynasty that started using the examinations | Han |
| Where the Chinese civilization started | Along the banks of the Yellow River |
| Dynasty in which Marco Polo traveled to China | Yuan |
| Philosophy that believed you had to live in harmony with nature | Daoism |
| Teacher of Confucianism | Confucius |
| Main belief of Confucianism | Respect for family and society creates peace and harmony |
| She ruled China after her husband, Liu Bang, died | Empress Lu |
| Ended the fighting between Chinese states and united China under the Qin dynasty | Shi Huangdi |
| The philosophy that was also influential outside of China | Confucianism |
| An animal bone or turtle shell on which royal priests wrote questions to the gods | Oracle bones |
| System of writing that the Shang dynasty started | pictographs |
| Study of basic truths and ideas | philosophy |
| Believed people need harsh punishments to make them afraid to do wrong | Legalism |
| Credited with starting Daoism | Laozi |
| Followers needed to respect authority, practice good conduct, and be a benefit to society | Confucianism |
| Followers did not try to change things or get involved in government | Daoism |
| Included the five relationships | Confucianism |
| Connected China to Europe | Silk Roads |
| The spread of ideas and customs to other parts of the year | cultural diffusion |
| Rulers of the Yuan dynasty (Mongols) | Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan |
| China's Golden Age | Tang dynasty |
| Believed that human nature was wicked and society was in disorder | Legalism |
| Dynasty that let people choose their own beliefs | Sui |
| Age of Invention | Song |
| Forbidden City was built | Ming |
| Last Chinese dynasty | Qing |
| Chinese inventions | kite, fireworks, ice cream, silk, paper, wheelbarrow, |
| Set high taxes and forced peasants to work on the Great Wall | Shi Huangdi |
