| A | B |
|---|
| pinyin | the new system of writing in China |
| Zheng He | Ancient Chinese explorer |
| Silk Road | a network of trade routes between China and lands to the west |
| Forbidden City | this place was home to 24 emperors |
| Great Wall of China | longest structure ever built |
| giraffe | one of the animals brought back to China by Zheng He |
| lodestone | material used to make ancient compasses |
| Lady Fu Hao | a queen from Shang Dynasty and the first female general in known history |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from the same family |
| Daoism | started by Lao-zi, means "The Way", the symbol the yin-yang |
| Confucianism | one of the main belief systems in Ancient China, it taught about respect |
| Mandate of Heaven | the belief that rulers are given the power to rule from the gods and the ancestors |
| oracle bones | used to predict the future |
