| A | B |
|---|
| Natural Barriers | What kept China cut off from the rest of the world |
| Chinese | Oldest written language still used today |
| Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism | Three major Chinese systems of thought |
| Printing, gunpowder, wheelbarrow | Chinese inventions |
| Yellow River | Where the Shang Kingdom developed |
| Bronze work | a skill of Shang craftsmen |
| Shells | used for religious ceremonies of the Shang |
| Confucius | Developed rules of conduct to help achieve peace and harmony |
| Taoists | Believed in simplicity and quiet harmony with nature |
| The Great Wall | Protected China's northern border |
| Dynasty | a continuing line of rulers from the same family |
| The Silk Road | a trade route that connected China to areas to the west |
| Paper making | craft learned during the Han Dynasty |
| Jade | what early Chinese felt could preserve a body forever |
| Buddhism | a belief that human existence is a continuing cycle of death and rebirth |
| Buddha | Founder of Buddhism |
| The Grand Canal | connected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers |
| T'ang Dynasty | Tested workers, selecting them for their abilities |
| Diamond Sutra | Oldest known printed page |
| Porcelain | Type of pottery invented in China |
