THE YELLOW RIVER OF CHINA

MOUNTAIN RANGES ON CHINA'S WESTERN BORDER

MOUNTAIN RANGE IN NORTHWEST CHINA

THE DESERT TO THE NORTH OF CHINA

FOUNDER OF THE XIA DYNASTY

THE ANCIENT CHINESE CAPITAL OF THE SHANG DYNASTY

ARISTOCRAT WHO LED A REBELLION AGAINST THE SHANG AND BEGAN THE ZHOU DYNASTY

THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK OVER THE DOMINANT POSITION IN NORTH CHINA FROM THE SHANG AND CREATED THE CONCEPT OF THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN TO JUSTIFY THEIR RULE.

A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER KNOWN ALSO AS KONG FUZI WHO CREATED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES IN CHINESE HISTORY

FOUNDER OF DAOISM

FOUNDER OF LEGALISM AND BELIEVED THAT HARSH PUNISHMENTS WERE THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL PEOPLE

RULER OF CHINA WHO UNITED CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE BUILT ROADS AND CANALS . HE ALSO IMPOSED A STANDARD SYSTEM OF LAWS,MONY,WEIGHTS, AND WRITING

A CITY ON THE ZHU JIANGI DELTA IN SOUTHERN CHINA

NOMADIC PEOPLES TO THE NORTH OF THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA WHO WERE A FREQUENT THREAT TO THE STABILITY OF THE CHINESE STATE

THE MOST IMPORTANT HAN EMPEROR. EXPANDED THE EMPIRE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. CREATED THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. ESTABLISHED PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CHINESE OFFICIAL UNDER EMPEROR WUDI; HE WAS SENT ON A JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA TO FORM ALLIANCE WITH THE XIONGNU TRIBE TO THE WEST

CAPITAL OF THE HAN DYNASTY

DESERT LOCATED IN WESTERN CHINA BETWEEN THE TIAN SHAN AND KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

EAST ASIA'S HIGHEST PLATEAU REGION

THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGE, FORMING THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE INDIA AND CHINA

MOUNTAINS ON THE BORDER OF MONGOLIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA

BODY OF WATER SOUTH OF JAPAN AND EAST OF CHINA

THE ARM OF THE PACIFIC SEA THAT LIES BETWEEN CHINA AND KOREA. IT BECOMES THE EAST CHINA SEA SOUTH OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA

SEA SOUTH OF THE YANGTZE RIVER, EAST OF THE MEKONG RIVER, WEST OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

AN ISLAND IN SOUTHEASTERN ASIA 100 MILES OFF THE COAST OF MAINLAND CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

ISLAND OFF THE SOUTH OF CHINA

CAPITAL CITY OF THE QIN DYNASTY DURING THE RULE OF THE EMPEROR SHIHUANGDI

A LEGENDARY CHINESE DYNASTY THAT WAS WAS NOT BELIEVED TO EXIST UNTIL RELATIVELY RECENTLY. WALLED TOWNS RULED BY AREA=-SPECIFIC KINGS ASSEMBLED ARMIES, BUILT CITIES AND WORKED BRONZE

SITE OF THE FIRST CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS

RIVER THAT FLOWS EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEAST CHINA AND JOINS PEARL RIVER TO FLOW INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

A MAJOR RIVER IN WEST-CENTRAL CHINA'S GANSU AND SHAANXI PROVINCES. IT IS THE LARGEST TRIBUTARY OF THE YELLOW RIVER AND VERY IMPORTANT IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION

THE LONGEST RIVER IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND IS KNOWN AS THE MEKONG RIVER UPON LEAVING CHINA

SHANG DYNASTY BEGINS

QIN DYNASTY ESTABLISHED

CONFUCIUS IS BORN

BUDDHISM SPREADS FROM INDIA TO CHINA

HAN CAPITAL LOUYANG DESTROYED

HAN DYNASTY ESTABLISHED

ZHOU DYNASTY ESTABLISHED