| A | B |
|---|
| Russia and Canada | 3rd largest country after these two |
| camel caravans | travel along the Silk Road |
| Roof of the World | nickname given to China's higest plateau |
| Taklimakan Desert | located in northwestern China |
| fierce sandstorms | desert in northwest produces many of these |
| Huang he or Yellow river | where chinese civilization began |
| three great wise men of china | also known as sages |
| Confucius | taught proper behavior was key to social order |
| polite, brave, honest, and brave | Confucius taught to be |
| Daoism | believed people should live simply |
| Laozi | sage of the Daoist |
| Plateau of Tibet | covers one-fourth of china |
| Legalism | believed people were driven by own self interest |
| Hanfeizi | sage of Legalism |
| Qin Shihuangdi | the First Emperor of China |
| banished or executed | those that opposed Emperor Qin were |
| Stadardization | what Emperor Qin did to China's money, laws and writing system |
| Three hundred thousand | number of workers on Great Wall |
| Great Wall of China | Tens of thousands died due to forced labor on this project |
| Terra- Cotta Soldiers | protected Emperor Qin in his afterlife |
| Golden Age of China | acievements, new ideas and inventions |
| calligraphy | Chinese writing system |
| paper and ink | inventions that influenced the arts |
| military and warfare | invention of kite influenced |
| acupuncture | medical procedure which involves needles |
| The Silk Road | ancient Chines trade route |
| Roman Empire | Han Dynasty connected to this civilization |
| Cultural diffusion | trade along the Silk Road brought this to the east and west |
| compass, gunpowder, seismograph | Chinese Scientific inventions |
| East Asia | location of China |
