| A | B |
| Daoism | Belief that people should live a good thoughtful life, in harmony with nature |
| Legalism | Belief that people are bad and should obey strict rules |
| Confuscianism | Belief that people should be ruled by good, respectful examples. |
| Yellow River | A waterway that could be used to flood areas during wartime |
| Mekong River | Starts in the Tibetian Highlands and runs south through Vietnam |
| Turfan Depression | 505 feet below sea level |
| Mount Everest | Mountain located in the Himalayas |
| Taklimakin Desert | An area that provided China with its first contact to the west |
| Tian Mountains | Mountains that have coal mining in them |
| Gobi Desert | Stretches east and west in northern China and Mongolian border |