| A | B |
| Shih Huang Ti | First emperor of a united China |
| Great Silk Road | Highway that linked China to the Roman World |
| Hwang Ho | "Yellow River" |
| dynasties | "ruling families" |
| Genghis Khan | Established the Mongol Empire |
| Chou | China's longest ruling dynasty |
| China | world's oldest living civilization |
| Confucius | taugh his followers to respect traditions and honor family ties |
| J. Hudson Taylor | founded the China Inland Mission |
| Taoism | founded by Lao-tse - harmony with nature |
| Great wall of China | world's longest wall |
| Hong Kong | City along the Chinese coast that was a British possession until 1997 |
| William Burns | early Presbyterian pioneer in China |
| Boxer Rebellion | Uprising in 1900 that led to killing of many American missionaries and Chinese Protestants |
| Yuan dynasty | during this time Europeans became more aware of China |
| Lao-tse | founder of Taosim |
| Chung-kuo | ancient name for China |
| Ch'in dynasty | name China comes from this dynasty |
| Han dynasty | the height of ancient China's power and glory |