The earliest Chinese people probably settled in the ________.

Because of the loess that blows into China from the Gobi Desert, the Chinese word "Huang," the name of the river, means _____.

"Dragon bones" used as oracle bones were actually _____.

Unlike most other ancient cultures, Chinese culture _______.

The Chinese language is written in pictures that represent words. These are called _____.

The very first dynasty in China was the ________.

Cloth in ancient China was made from either flax or ______.

During the Shang Dynasty, tools, weapons, cups and goods for trade were made out of a new metal, ____________.

The shells and bones used during the Shang Dynasty to predict the future were called ______.

The dynasty following the Shang dynasty was the longest of the Chinese dynasties. It was called the ______ dynasty.

One of the most important products of the Zhou dynasty was _____.

Silk is made from the _______.

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, or "golden age" in China, trade flourished and the economy thrived because of a new system of ___________.

During the last years of the Zhou Dynasty, a strong leader from Qin came into power. He was known as the _______.

The first emperor of China took the name of _____, which means "first emperor."

Shi Huangdi started one of the most elaborate and lengthy engineering projects in history. It took hundreds of years to build the _______.

Shi Huangdi divided the region of Qin into 36 political divisions called ______.

The Qin Dynasty ruled by Shi Huangdi ended in 206 B.C. and was followed by the ______ dynasty.

A relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent is called a(n) ______.

The first ruler of the Han dynasty was a ______ who called himself ______.

Which of the following is NOT an important change made by the emperor Wu Di?

The first complete history of China was written by an historian named ___.

Using skills and talents to work in government is called ___.

Which of the following IS NOT an invention of the Chinese?

Roads that went across central Asia to the Roman Empire were collectively called the ________.

In China, Confucius is known by the name ___.

Confucius was a teacher of _____, which means deciding what is right and wrong.

Confucius' followers, or ______, collected and wrote down many of his sayings.

A sense of humanity, respect for the family and humility (or modesty) are called _______.

The divine right to rule for the good of all people, in Confucius' teachings, was called the ___.

Water, fire, wood, metal and earth were the five elements used by Chinese thinkers to explain the ____.

One of Confucius' students who began to spread Confucianism throughout China was ___.

If you are following the practice of finding the "way," you are probably following the beliefs taught in ____.

The belief that all of nature has complementary forces (good and evil, heaven and earth) is represented by the Chinese symbol known as the _____.

Which picture shows the farming technique known as terrace farming?

A legacy is

The first great teacher of Daoism was

The longest Chinese dynasty was the

The first ruler of the Han dynasty, Han Gaozu, was a ________.

"Dragon bones" were first discovered in the nineteenth century in the town of _____.