1. Animals ● Most animals are sacred in china. ● They are believed as gods and worshiped. ● Some of them make the zodiac calender. ●

2. Bamboo ● Bamboo was and still is used to make many houses and carts in Asia. ● Bamboo helped send messages because it is used as paper to.

3. Chang Jiang river ● This river provided an easy way to the yellow sea. ● This made it easier to trade with other countries. ● It is the third largest in the world. Its about 3,900 miles long.

4. Daoism ● Daoism is one of the biggest religion in china. ● It wasn't popular till 100 A.D ● The founder was Laozi.

5. Empire ● There were over hundreds of empires. One of the greatest was the tang dynasty. ● There capital was Chang'an now know as xi'an. ● They ruled most of western china. ●

6. Farmers ● All farmers were poor. ● They are yet one of the most important to china. ● There chinas main food supply. With out them china would have starved.

7. Gobi Desert ● It covers the north part of China. ● It provides protection from Mongolia.

8. Himalayas ● The Himalayas are a natural defense from invaders. ● They are also the longest mountains on land. ● They provided water when the snow melted.

9. Jade Emperor ● Is know as the ruler of haven and all realms. ● He is one of the most important gods in Chinese emporor.

10. Lantern Festival ● It is a huge holiday in China. ● Some people say it started when people looked for spirits with flaming sticks.

11. North China Plain ● It is bounded by yanshan mountains, tainag mountains. ● The plain is an amazing 158,000 sq. feet and 160 ft. above sea level.

12. Oracle bones ● A priest would write the kings question on some short of animal bone. They would heat a bronze pin and hold it next to the bone. They would study the cracks it would make and find his answer.

13. Palace ● One of the huge palaces is the imperial palace. ● The imperial palace was in the forbidden city. ●

14. Qu yuan ● He was a famous scolar and minister for the king of southern China. ● His poetry was know as chun ci and born in the city of xiling gorge.

15. Rivers of China ● There are many important rivers in China. ● One of the most important rivers is the Yellow river. It is one of the most important rivers because it leads into the yellow sea.

16. Shang Capital city ● It has the most walls around the city in the shang dynasty. ● Its king was not killed by solders like most are he was killed by the other armies king.

17. Taklamakan Desert ● It is the 17 th largest desert in the world witch it mad a great defense from invaders.

18. Worship ● There is tons of worship in China. They believe in so many gods and each one dose something different to help the chinese.

19. Xuanzong ● The emperor of Xuanzong was Li Bogi. There city was in the Tang dynasty.

20. Zodiac ● The Chinese zodiac gives an animal name to you according to what year you were born for a 12 year period.