| A | B |
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| Mandate of Heaven | An order to rule given by the Gods |
| Pictograph | A drawing or symbol used to represent a word |
| Militia | Volunteer soldiers |
| Philosopher | A person who studies the meaning of life |
| Confucianism | The ideas of the Chinese philosopher Confucius |
| Public Works | Structures built by the government for everyone's use |
| Heritage | A set of ideas passed down from one generation to another |
| Silk Road | Trade route that stretched 5,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Chin Shi Huangdi | Founder of the Qin Dynasty known for building the Great Wall |
| Marco Polo | One of the first European traders to visit China and record his experiences |
| Zhou Dynasty | Longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history |
| Liu Bang | Peasant who was founder of the Han Dynasty |
| Legalism | Chinese teachings that say people obey their leaders out of fear rather than respect |
| Civil Service | Part of government that oversees the day to day business of the government |
| Great Wall | Built to protect China from outsiders |
| Standardization | The practice of making all things of a certain type alike |
| Bureaucracy | A network of appointed government officials |
| Export | To send out goods for sale to other places |
| Import | To bring in goods for sale from other places |
| Civil War | A war in which groups of people from the same country fight one another |
