| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Silk | a fine, strong, lustrous fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric |
| Xenophobia | The fear of strangers |
| Chang Jiang | a river that flows through China, another name for the Yangtze river |
| Cultural Revolution | After the Great Leap Forward failed, when chairman Mao Zedong tried to rid China of old traditions, ideas, and items. he did this because he wanted a new society |
| Mandate of Heaven | permission to rule |
| Genghis Khan | First person to invade China |
| Ming Dynasty | peaceful/ arts flourished, 1368-1620 |
| Opium War | A war in the early 1900s between the Chinese and Britain- Britain wanted to sell opium ( a drug) but China didn't want them to. Britain was more powerful, so they won. As a result, they gained Hong Kong and China was forced to open its ports to Westerners |
| Feudal | a society where people are bound to landowners instead of a state or country |
| Silk Road | Trade routes spreading from as far east as China to as far east as the Mediterranean. It was very dangerous due to thieves and harsh weather conditions |
| Tiananmen Square | A place in Beijing where students went for a democracy demonstration after the death of the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Hu Yaobang |
| Communism | no private ownership, everyone owns everything |
| Terra Cotta Warriors | soldier statues made of baked clay that were buried underground to "guard" emperor Qin Shi Huangdiin the after-life |
| Forbidden City | a place that housed the royal family (whichever dynasty was in power) and their helpers. Nobody else was allowed in |
| Kublai Khan | Overthrew/took over Ganges Khan; grandson of Ganges Khan |
| Great Leap Forward | An economic plan that failed and led to the cultural revolution |
| Mao Zedong | Destroyed old cultures, made little red book. |
| archaeologist | a scientist who studies the human past |
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