| A | B |
|---|
| heritage | A set of ideas passed down from one generation to the next. |
| virtue | A good quality. |
| Mandate of Heaven | The right to rule. |
| public works | Structures built by the government for everyone to use. |
| philosopher | A person who studies the meaning of life. |
| responsibility | A duty. |
| filial piety | kind treatment of parents. |
| Confucianism | The ideas of the the Chinese philosopher Confucius that became a guide for the Chinese people to live by. |
| legalism | The strict following of the law. |
| standardization | making all things of a certain type alike. |
| bureaucracy | A group of government people. |
| Civil War | A war in which groups of people from the same country fight one another. |
| ambassador | A representative of a government. |
| civil service | The part of the bureaucracy that oversees the day to day business of running a government. |
| Daoism | The religion and philosophy to a long life is to accept life the way it is. |
| import | To bring goods in. |
| export | To take goods out. |
| Silk Road | A trade route that stretches from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| profit | Money gained. |
| caravan | A group of traders. |
