1. Artwork from the Ming dynasty included masterpieces of traditional the featured elaborate handwritten characters.

2. Although Great Khan and Il Khan were with their own governments, they were still part of the Mongol Empire.

3. The teachings of Confucius influenced civilians, leaders, and other .

4. The passed through Delhi, Kabul, and Mashhad as it led west from China to Persia.

5.  from the Chinese empires show the lifestyle, artwork, and innovations of the early civilizations in China.

6. Early Chinese leaders believed that an could answer questions and reveal secret information about hunting, war, and weather.

7. The Xia is thought of as legendary because there are no statues or buildings to show that it existed.

8. Because Shi Huangdi used to rule his empire, he punished anyone who did not obey his orders.

9. Ming artists used to create beautiful pieces of pottery.

10.  were dangerous storms that stopped Kublai Khan from invading Japan and Southeast Asia.

11. After Shi Huangdi created the first in the Qin dynasty, later Chinese dynasties chose to use this system of government as well.

12. In the political system of , peasants worked for noble families to obtain land that they could use.

13. The first from the Han dynasty showed the location of earthquakes and was decorated with dragon heads.

14. In addition to believing in , Confucius also believed that dynasty rulers should care for their subjects in a similar way to how parents care for children.

15. Genghis Khan became the leader of all of the nomadic , and he eventually established the Yuan dynasty.