| Term | Definition |
| Silk Road | a large network of trade routes stretches 4,000 miles from western China to southwest Asia |
| Luoyang | the capital of Han |
| Qin Shihuangdi | the First Qin Emperor; based his rule on the ideas of Legalism |
| Liu Bang | founded the Han dynasty ; became a military and defeated his rivals to become emperor; threw out the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty |
| Han Wudi | Martial Emperor of Han; he developed a system for choosing officials by testing |
| acupuncture | sticking thin needles into a patient's skin to ease pain |