| A | B |
|---|
| Huang He | Yellow River |
| Chang Jiang | Yangtze River |
| Anyang | captial city during the Shang Dynasty |
| Wu Wang | led rebellion against the Shang started the Zhou Dynasty |
| dynasty | line of rulers who belong to the same family |
| aristocrat | nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned |
| pictograph | characters that stand for objects |
| ideograph | another kind of character used in Chinese writing |
| bureaucracy | appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government |
| mandate | formal order |
| Dao | rule according to the proper "Way" |
| Confucius | great thinking who developed Confucianism |
| Laozi | developed Daoism |
| Hanfeizi | developed Legalism |
| social class | people's position in society |
| filial piety | children respected parent and older relatives |
| Confucianism | the idea to have a sense of duty |
| Daoism | give up wordly desires in favor of nature |
| Legalism | society needs a system of harsh laws and punishment |
| Guangzhou | city on the Chang Jiang river used to supply far-off territories |
| Silk Road | large network of trade routes stretching 4,000 miles |
| Luoyang | capital city of the Han Dynasty |
| Qin Shihuangdi | means "First Qin Emperor" |
| Liu Bang | founded the Han Dynasty |
| Han Wudi | means "Martial emperor of Han" |
| acupuncture | help cure illness and ease pain by sticking small needles into the skin |
