| A | B |
|---|
| Forbidden City | where the royal family lived |
| Beijing | capital of China |
| Sui Dynasty | canal system established |
| Tang Dynasty | block printing allows pages to be reprinted |
| Wu Hou | China's first women ruler |
| Song Dynasty | first military use of gunpowder |
| Mongol Dynasty | expert horsemenship skills |
| Ming Dynasty | improvements in making porcelain |
| Genghis Khan | leader who united Mongolia |
| Kublai Khan | conquered China |
| Zheng He | Chinese explorer |
| Lady Murasaki Shikibu | wrote the The Tale of Genji |
| aristocrats | nobles |
| samurai | Japanese warriors |
| daimyo | ruling leaders in Japan |
| shogun | special highranking military officer |
| policy of isolation | cut off Japan from the rest of the world |
