Ancient China

A yellow-brown soil

• Confucius

• Dike

• Loess

• Extended family

A protective wall that controls or holds back water by a river

• Loess

• Dike

• Ren

• Li

Closely related people of several generations

• Confucianism

• Taoism

• The Dynastic Cycle

• Extended Family

A Chinese philosopher and teacher whose beliefs had a great influence on Chinese life

• Laozi

• Confucius

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Wudi

A system of beliefs and values

• Philosophy

• The mandate of heaven

The group of people whose job is to carry out the work of the government

• Civil Service

• Warlords

Founder of the Qin dynasty and China’s first emperor

• Han Wudi

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Han Liu Bang

The kind of money used by a group or a nation

• Li

• Ren

• Civil Service

• Currency

Founder of the Han dynasty

• Han Wudi

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Han Liu Bang

Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength and size

• Han Wudi

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Han Liu Bang