| A | B |
|---|
| Empress Wu | ruthless but effective Tang dynasty ruler |
| Movable type | set of letters that can be moved to create texts |
| Genghis Khan | leader who united Mongols and invaded China |
| Bureaucracy | a body of unelected government officials |
| Porcelain | thin and beautiful pottery |
| Compass | device that indicates direction |
| Isolationism | policy of avoiding contact from other countries |
| Kublai Khan | first ruler of Yuan dynasty |
| Gunpowder | mixture of powders used in explosives |
| Zheng He | commanded huge fleets of ships |
| Scholar-official | an educated government worker |
| Incentive | leads people to follow a certain course of action |
