| A | B |
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| Huang He | means "Yellow River" in Chinese |
| why the Huang He was sometimes called "China's Sorrow" | it flooded the land and destroyed houses and farms |
| dynasty | the system of government in Ancient China |
| when the king dies, his eldest son becomes the new king | how a dynasty works |
| what the Han dynasty is famous for | building the Great Wall of China, trading with people in the West |
| The Great Wall of China | a very long and high wall in built to keep out northern invaders |
| things that the Chinese made | silk, paper, carts with wheels, and books |
| characters | symbols of Chinese writing |
| Confucius | a great thinker and teacher in Ancient China |
| China | a very large country in Asia |
| the written and spoken language of China | Chinese |
| china | dishes made out of fine white clay |
| a secret of the Ancient Chinese | how to make silk |
| the silk route | the roads and paths that the Chinese traveled to sell silk to the West |
| civil service system | how people can earn government jobs by doing good work |
| what the Ancient Chinese were doing hundreds of years ahead of Europeans | printing books |
| Confucius said that this was the most important group in Chinese life | the family |
| examplesof family life in China | a maried couple would live in the house of the husband's parents |
| values and ideas of Confucius | respect and obey parents, leaders be fair to the people, people obey the leaders |
| thousands | how many characters are in the Chinese language |
