By: Clay Brillhart

a fine yellow soil easily carried by wind and rain

a long period with no food

mountain with steep rocky sides

a dry, grassy, treeless plain

 a high mountain plateau in Asia

a large, lowland region of eastern China

a river that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Yellow Sea 

The longest river in China also known as the Yangtze River

A line of rulers thet are in the same family

in anc. China a cow or sheep bone used to tell the future

The belief that the right to rule came from the gods

475 B.C. - 221 B.C. local rulers went to war

a Chinese philosopher who stressed to respect tradition

Chinese philosopher, founded Taoism

supreme ruler of an empire

a division of land

strict government in China in the 200s B.C., citizens served needs of city

Chinese emperor founded Quin dynasty

big walls to keep out invaders from China

In China, a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucus

An ancient system of overland trading routes

a cycle of dynasties