| A | B |
|---|
| China is located on the continent of | Asia |
| helped irrigate the land | waterwheel |
| bodies of water that touch China’s east coast | Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea touch |
| river near where China’s civilization first developed | Yellow River |
| highest mountain peak in the world | Mount Everest |
| reason Chinese people built their buildings with curved roofs | to be protected from evil spirits |
| the rulers of ancient China | Emperors |
| a series of rulers belonging to the same family | dynasty |
| China is the common name | porcelain |
| set up a common system of weights and measures and standardized Chinese writing, law, and currency | Emperor Ch’in |
| united the Seven Warring states of China | Emperor Ch’in |
| tomb built with thousands of life-sized figures ready to protect him after he was dead | Emperor Ch’in |
| can be seen from space when orbiting Earth and was built to built to protect China from barbarians invading from Mongolia to the North | Great Wall of China |
| during this dynasty porcelain was invented | Ming |
| Chinese calendar based on this | moon |
| made moving heavy loads easier | wheelbarrow |
| invented to help with math computations | abacus |
| helps people find their way | compass |
| used fishnet, rags and plant pulp to make this | paper |
| carving Chinese characters on stone and applying ink to it and then pressing it to paper | printing |
| art form | calligraphy |
| thousands of symbols, each representing a different idea | characters |
| cocoons of the silk worms | silk thread |
| invented by the Ancient Chinese for use during warfare | kites and gunpowder |
