By: Ashton

A fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain

A widespread lack of food that lead to hunger

Mountain pass 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

a line of rulers who belong to the same family

a cattle or sheep bone used to predict the future

the belief that the Chinese emperor's rule

the period between 475 B.C. and 221 B.C.

A Chinese philosopher

Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism

the supreme ruler of an empire

a division of land within an empire or country

a philosophy of strict government

Chinese emperor who unified China

A wall built to protect China from enemys

a system of beliefs and behavior

An ancient network of overland trade routes

The cycle of dynasties