| A | B |
|---|
| Yellow brown soil | Loess |
| A protective wall that controls or holds back water | Dike |
| Closely related people of several generations | Extended Family |
| A Chinese philosopher and teacher whose beliefs had a great influence on Chinese life | Confucius |
| A system of beliefs and values | Philosophy |
| The group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government | Civil Service |
| Founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor | Shi Huangdi |
| The type of money used by a group or nation | Currency |
| The founder of the Han dynasty | Liu Bang |
| Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength | Wudi |
| A local leader of an armed group | Warlord |
| An ancient trade route between China and Europe | Silk Road |
| A valuable cloth, originally make only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms | Silk |
| A chinese scholar, astronomer, and historian; author of the most important history of ancent China, Historical Records | Sima Qian |
