a ruling house or continuing family of rulers, especially in China

• dynasty
• ideogram
• Zheng He

a major hydroelectric dam built in China

• Three Gorges Dam
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong

a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea

• ideogram
• Confucious
• Laozi

location of the beginnings of China's culture

• Wei River Valley
• Taiwan
• Genghis Khan

Earliest dynasty in China that ruled from about 1766 B.C. to 1000 B.C.

• Shang Dynasty
• Hong Kong
• Qin Shihuangdi

ruled for about 800 years; TRADE grew, Chinese CULTURE spread, making of IRON TOOLS began , and IRRIGATION efforts to control water

• Zhou Dynasty
• Han and Tang Dynasty
• Taiwan

A Chinese philosopher of the Zhou Dynasty, developed a CODE OF BEHAVIOR based on old traditions, good behavior, and truth.

• Confucius
• Genghis Khan
• Mandarain Chinese

founded Daoism- a way of living in harmony with nature

• Laozi
• ideogram
• dynasty

Ruler of China who united China for the first time. He began the Great Wall of China.

• Qin Shihuangdi
• Zheng He
• Great wall of China

world's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China

• Great Wall of China
• Genghis Khan
• Hong Kong