| A | B |
| Who started the Xia Dynasty | Yu |
| Dynasty that ruled northern China from 1766 - 1122 BC | Shang |
| Dynasty that created first written language | Shang |
| Name of "Priests" who would write on bones | Oracles |
| what was used to predict the future in the Shang Dynasty? | Oracles used bones |
| Dynasty that created the first calendar based on cycles of moon. | Shang |
| In Shang Dynasty these people made containers of bronze and knives. | artisans |
| Dynasty ruled from 1122 - 256 BC | Zhou |
| Leaders from this dynasty were chosen by a mandate from heaven. | Zhou |
| This dynasty attacked and defeated the Shang Dynasty | Zhou |
| Confucious lived during what Period in which Dynasty? | Warring States Period in Zhou Dynasty |
| Dynasty that united country with strict laws under one government | Qin Dynasty |
| Called the legalist dynasty | Qin Dynasty |
| This dynasty ruled from 221 -206 B.C.E. | Qin Dynasty |
| Means first emperor | Shi-Huangdi |
| Emperor who took power and land away from nobles | Shi Huangdi |
| Emperor wanted all Chinese to do same thing | Shi Huangdi |
| Shi Huangdi wanted Chinese to have | same money, written language, laws & punishments, better trade |
| Dynasty that built roads to connect empire | Qin Dynasty |
| Built roads wide enough for army to cross in formation | Qin Dynasty |
| Qin Dynasty | Built irrigation system |
| Built a large portion of the Great Wall of China | Qin Dynasty |
| Dynasty in which Liu Bang was first emperor | Han Dynasty |
| This Dynasty last 15 years | Qin Dynasty |
| Tomb of the Terra Cotta Warriors was begun by this emperor when he was only 13 years old. | Shi Huangdi |
| Emperor who began life as a peasant | Liu Bang |
| Head of the Han Dynasty | Liu Bang |
| Han Emperor who centralized government, raised taxes, grain supply was under govt. power | Wudi |
| Under Han Dynasty family life became | more rigid, more important |
| People educated in this philosophy could take a test and get a job in the government. | Confucianism |
| Who was the head of the family during Han Dynasty? | Father |
| During Han Dynasty children were taught to respect. | their elders |
| Han artisans were experts at these techniques. | figure painting & portraits of people |
| Han literature included | Fu and Shi poems |
| The most popular poem in the Han era was the | Fu poem |
| The largest social class in Han Dynasty? | peasants |
| During which dynasty was the sundial created? | the Han |
| The sesimograph was first made be | the Han |
| The art of inserting needles into body to cure disease | acupuncture |
| Han emperors thought movments of the earth | told of future evil |
| plant fibers ground into paste and dried in sheets | paper |
| Short poem that could be sung | Shi poem |
| Which did Han parents value more, boys or girls | boys |
| The class at the bottom of the social structure in Han Dynasty | merchants |