| A | B |
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| Ancestor Worship | The belief that ones dead relatives are watching you |
| Household Gods | The kitchen stove and the door god are examples of gods that watch over them |
| Confucianism | Belief system based on rigid rules for social behavior |
| Taoism | The belief in a simpler life and keeping things in harmony |
| Legalism | The belief that people are naturally evil and that people need rules |
| Xia Dynasty | First agriculture empire of China |
| Shang Dynasty | Known for their use of bronze and a system of writing 1500 BC - 1100 BC |
| Chou Dynasty | Known as the time period when confucism and taoism were introduced 1100 BC - 250 BC |
| Qin Dynasty | Emperor Qin enforced legalism, and started building the Great Wall 221 BC - 206 BC |
| Han Dynasty | The Silk Road was created durring this time 200 BC - 200 AD |
| Age of Division | A time period when multiple emperors ruled small parts of China 200 AD - 600 AD |
| Tang Dynasty | Called the Golden Age of China 600 AD - 900 AD |
| The Great Wall | A variety of walls built to keep the Chinese in and the Monguls out of China |
| The Silk Road | A series of trade routes connecting China and Rome |
| Bureaucracy | When many people work for the government |
| Poetry | The chinese were famous for creating some of the first poetry, started during the Tang Dynasty |
| Proverb | a saying that have a lesson attached to them |
| Panel Painting | Art done in a series of four, often done during the Tang Dynasty |
| Paper | created by the chinese, today we write on it |
| Bronze | first used by the Shang to make weapons |
| Silk | a soft faberic material made from the coccoon of a silk worm |
| Tea | a drink made from leaves that came from China |
| Fireworks | First made in China from gunpowder it can make colorful displays in the sky |
| Clocks | used to tell time and first made in China |
| Himalayas | Mountain Range with the highest mountains in the world located in southern China |
| Gobi Desert | China's Largest Desert located in the west |
| Taklamakan Desert | Desert in China known as the Sea of Death |
| Hwang He/ Yellow River | River in China where China's first civilizations started, the Yangshao and the Lungshan |
| Yangtze River | The 3rd longest river in the world |
| Yellow Sea | The Hwang He and the Yangtze Rivers flow into this sea |
| Bronze Age | (3300 - 1200 BC) Time when people made weapons and tools from bronze |
| calligraphy | artistic form of ancient Chinese writing |
| Confucius | influential ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher |
| dynasty | a ruling family |
| landscape | painting of a natural scene |
| oracle bones | animal bones used for predicting the future |
| terracotta Army | collection of seven thousand life sized sculptures made from pottery in the tomb of Emper Shi Huangdi (Qin) |
| natural barrier | a landformation or body of water that prevents people from entering or leaving a country |
| dragon | a mythical creature believed to have special powers and guardians |
| ancestor | a relative or family member who has died |
| religion | a belief in a higher being |
| philosophy | the study of why humans exist and live the way they do |
| standardization | the making of every system of weinghts and measurment the same |
| trade route | a relays system where items are traded at various locations along a route |
| golden age | a time of prosperiety and experimentation, especially in art, drama, and literature |
