Shi Huangdi - The strong Qin kin who unified China, sundial - a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day, Confucius - Person whose teaching focused on ethics, porcelain - a thin, beautiful pottery invented by the Chinese, Empress Wu - The only woman to rule China, Zheng He - Chinese sailor who led many voyages, Genghis Khan - The leader of the Mongols, delta - a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits, colony - territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land, Buddhism - religion based on the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, Thar - Desert in Northwestern India, Kashmir - a region which both India and Pakistan claim control over, Bhutan - small mountain kingdom in the Himalayas, Islam - Dominant religion in Bangladesh, nirvana - In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace in which suffering ends, subcontinent - a large landmass that is smaller than a continent, Indus River Valley - Pakistan's most densely populated region, Hong Kong - important center of trade and tourism in southern China, Huang He - a river in northern China that often floods, loess - fertile, yellowish soil, Confucianism - a philosophy based on the ideas and teachings of Confucius, Chiang Kai-shek - a Nationalist leader, Gobi - located in Mongolia, the world’s coldest desert, Himalayas - the world’s tallest mountain range, command economy - an economic system in which the government owns all businesses and makes all decisions, Qin - an important Chinese Dynasty that united China under one emperor,

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