| A | B |
|---|
| Empress Wu | First female leader of China during the Tang dynasty |
| Kublai Khan | Mongol leader of China |
| Dr. Sun Yatsen | "Father of Modern China" whose nationalist party ended the last dynasty |
| Qin Shihuangdi | Legalist emperor of China who started the Great Wall of China |
| Genghis Kahn | United Mongols and conquered parts of Asia including China |
| Deng Xaioping | Started the Four Modernizations, SEZs, and the Resposibility System |
| Mao Zedong | Introduced communism to China and supported the Great Leap forward and the Cultural Revolution |
| Empress Cixi | Selfish empress that hated westerners and poisoned her own son |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Head of the Guomindang who fought Mao Zedong and eventually fled to Taiwan |
| Admiral Zheng He | Sent by Ming leaders to explore the coast of Africa, SE Asia and Arabia |
| Marco Polo | Italian explorer who traveled the silk road and served in Kublai Khan's court |
| Han Feizi | Main supporter of Legalism |
| Lao Zi | Founder of Daosim |
| Confucius | China's greatest philosopher who believed in filial piety, the 5 relationships, golden rule, 5 virtues, and an orderly society |
