| A | B |
|---|
| Agricultural Revolution | great change from hunting and gathering to farming |
| ancestor | person from whom a family or a group of people descend |
| civilization | cultural development marked by cities, trade, government, art, writing and science |
| culture | the way of life of a group of people includes customs, traditions, and values |
| dialect | variety of language used only in a certain place |
| dike | wall or bank built to control or hold back water |
| dynasty | a family of rulers |
| economy | way natural resources and workers are used to produce goods and services |
| emperor | a person who rules an empire |
| empire | many different lands brought under the rule of one government |
| feudalism | system of mutual loyalties and protection between lords and vassals |
| herb | plant grown from a seed and used for medicines or seasonings |
| legend | story handed down from earlier times which may be true or not, can't be verified |
| missionary | person who tries to spread their religion |
| monarchy | government headed by a king |
| navigable | deep and wide enough for ships to pass through |
| nomad | person who moves from place to place |
| Pinyin | system of spelling and writing Chinese using the Roman alphabet |
| oracle | fortune teller |
| Silk Road | overland trade route from Mediterranean Sea to China |
| Beijing | capital of China |
| Chang Jiang | China's longest river |
| Gobi | desert along China and Mongolia's border |
| Huang He | Yellow river where China's first civilization developed |
| Himalayas | highest mountains in the world, China's western interior |
| Mt. Everest | highest mountain peak in the world, between China and Nepal |
| Tarim Basin | land drained by Tarim River, very dry are of China's western interio |
| Tibetan Plateau | Rooftop of the World |
| Xi Jiang | formerly known as the West River |
| alluvial soil | rock and silt deposited on the land when a river floods |
| arable | suitable for growing crops |
| basin | almost surrounded by higher land, drains land around it |
| famine | severe food shortage |
| loess | fine, light silt that is very fertile |
| terrace farming | flat shelf of land, arranged like wide steps on a mountainside,where crops are grown |
| triple cropping | process of harvesting one crops the immediately planting another on the same land |
| Mandate of Heaven | gods give the power to rule as long as ruler is just |
| Forbidden City | center of Beijing where the emperor lived |
| Great Wall | longest in world, built to protect from barbarian invaders |
| yak | oxen- like animal used for variety of products in China's western interior region |
| North China Plain | China's most productive farming region |
| Northeastern China | iron ore, coal, petroleum |
| Western interior of China | most isolated region of China |
| Southeastern and central China | most populated region of China |
