| Term | Definition |
| Liu Bang | 1) Founder of Han 2) Led a peasant revolt against Qin 3) "Han Chines" named fo dynasty |
| Accomplishments of the Han | 1) Establishment of the Civil Service System 2) Established capital at Chang'an 3) Wu Di extended territory to include Manchuria, Korea, Indochina, and central Asia 4) Wu Di established leveling, the Pax Sinica 5) The Silk Route started to flourish at this time |
| Wu Di | Emperor which founded the Imperial Academy to Study Confucian Classics |
| Civil Service System | Scholar Officials/ Civil servants/ Govt. officials took a test based on the Confucian Classics. This was a meritocracy, but usually only the wealthy people could afford a test. Wealthy tended to become governers |
| Leveling | Government would buy and store surplus crops in times of good harvest and sell them during the bad harvests to keep prices the same |
| Pax Sinica | 1) Helped with peace |
| Silk Route | 1) A caravan trade route from eastern China to the West 2) Carried silk, jade, paper, and porcelain from China to Greek and Roman traders 3) Traders brought glass, amber, wool, and linen back to China from the West |
| Inventions of Han | Paper |
| Fall of Han | 1) Revolt overthrew Han 2) Period of warring states 3) China unified in 589 (reunified by the Sui) |