Ancient China

a protective wall that controls or holds back water

• loess

• currency

• dike

• silk

a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars

• currency

• dike

• philosophy

• silk

Chinese emperor during the Han dynasty who brought the empire to its greatest strength

• Liu Bang

• Shi Huangdi

• Genghis Khan

• Wudi

the type of money used by a group or nation

• currency

• loess

• warlord

• civil service

The founder of the Han dynasty

• Wudi

• Shi Huangdi

• Liu Bang

• Confucius

a local leader of an armed group

• Shi Huangdi

• Wudi

• loess

• warlord

an ancient trade route between China and Europe

• The Traders Trail

• The Silk Road

• The Jade Passage

• The Great Wall of China

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

• loess

• civil service

• confucianists

• legalists

The strict and brutal first emperor of the Qin dynasty

• Shi Huangdi

• Liu Bang

• Genghis Khan

• Deng Xiaoping

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

• Shi Huangdi

• Liu Bang

• Confucius

• George Washington