| A | B |
|---|
| Confucius | Perhaps the most important person in China's history |
| Wudi | Chinese Emperor that expanded China territory |
| bureaucracy | the complexity of government |
| terra-cotta army | The eternal army to guard Emperor Qin Shou Huangdi |
| Mandate of Heaven | Gives Chinese Emperors the right to rule |
| Zhou Dynasty | Time period when feudal system was introduced in China |
| Warring States | time period when China's states were constantly fighting |
| feudal system | land loaning system based on loyality |
| philosophy | seeking the truth or a personal belief |
| Taoism | Belief that people need to find a way to balance positive and negative energies |
| Lao Tzu | Chinese philosopher who is credit with creating Taoism |
| Legalism | System which allowed empreors to rule harshly because people cannot be trusted |
| China | One of the largest countries in the world with the world's largest population |
| Han Dynasty | period when Confucianism was intrdocued to China |
| Qin Dynasty | They unified China and intrdocued legalism |
| Xianyang | ancient Chinese capital city and central of Chinese trade |
| Silk Road | trade route to Ancient china |
| Plateau of Tibet | large area of high elevation wherein the people who live do not consider themselves to be Chinese |
| Yangtze River | This natural feature was deep enough to allow boats to travel 1000 miles inland |
| Yellow River | The great sarrow because it's annual floods were impossible to control |
| Himalayan Mountains | massive geographic feature which seperates China from India |
| Asia | world's largest continent |
| Gobi Desert | large dry area of central China and Mongolia |
| ancestors | Family members who come before you, normally decesed |
| cannon | Chinese invention which shoots a shell or ball |
| Great Wall | Manmade protective barrier designed to keep the Mongols out of China |
| temple | a place of worship |
| honor | to bring or recognition to yourself |
| Imperial City | another name for the Forbidden City |
| Forbidden City | Name of the capitral of China where the emperor lived |
| Huns | Any group of nomads often use this name |
| Mongols | the nomads from north of China |
| patriarchal | male dominated society |
| emperor | They ruled because of the Mandiate of Heaven |
| dynasty | a series of rulers which come from the same family |
| nomad | any group of hunter-gathers who constantly move around |
