| A | B |
| loess | a yellow silt |
| basin | a bowl shaped area of land surrounded by higher land |
| dialect | way of speaking the chinese language |
| legends | stories handed down from earlier times to explain the distant past. |
| ritual | a set way of conducting a ceremony |
| ancestors | relatives further back then grandparents. |
| oracle bones | shells and bones |
| oracle | a person who gives advice. |
| character | symbols used in Shang writing represents whole words |