| A | B |
|---|
| Confucious | taught the importance of maintaining harmony and order in society by developing proper relationships |
| Gobi Desert | separates China from Mongolia; northern boundary |
| Lao-tzu | founder of Taoism |
| Wu Ti | most famous Han ruler; repelled invasion by the Huns |
| Shih Huang Ti | emperor during the Ch'in dynasty; built the Great Wall of China |
| Middle Kingdom | what the Chinese called their land |
| Hwang Ho | Chinese river which was also known as the Yellow River |
| Yangtze | Chinese river which runs through the center of China |
| Himalayan Mountains | China's western boundary |
| Pacific Ocean | China's eastern boundary |
| ancestor worship | became the leading religion in China |
| characters | 65,000 of these may represent complete ideas, words, or syllables |
| K'ung Fu-tzu | "the Master"; Confucious |
