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| 110427122 | Li Shimin | one of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor; he led the expansion of the empire into Central Asia | 0 | |
| 110427123 | Murasaki Shikibu | woman who wrote the novel, "Tale of Genji", about Fujiwara court culture, even though elite families of Fujiwara Japan did not encourage education of women | 1 | |
| 110427124 | Wu Zhao | woman who married into the imperial family, seized control of government in 690 and declared herself emperor. Claimed to be a boddhisattva and favored Buddhists and Daoists over Confucianists. Ruled effectively until she was too old to rule, despite stories of her being evil. | 2 | |
| 110427125 | Chang'an | capitals of the Tang and Sui Empires | 3 | |
| 110427126 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-miles (1,771 km) waterway linking the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers. Begun in the Han period and completed during Sui Empire. | 4 | |
| 110427127 | Junk | a very large flat bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang, Song, and Ming Empires, specially designed for long-distance travel | 5 | |
| 110427128 | Tale of Genji | a celebrated novel written by Murasaki Shikibu that used a syllabic system consisting of a set of more than thirty syllabic symbols adapted from Chinese characters that could represent the inflected forms of any Japanese word. It is about Fujiwara court culture. | 6 | |
| 110427129 | Annam (Dai Viet) | the Chinese term for early Vietnam; its economic and political life was centered on 2 fertile river valleys, Red River and Mekong River; rice-based agriculture; wet climate and hilly terrain; its rival was Champa | 7 | |
| 110427130 | Kamakura Shogunate | the first of Japan's decentralized military governments (1185-1333) | 8 | |
| 110427131 | Koryo | Korean kingdom founded in 918 and destroyed by a Mongol invasion in 1259 | 9 | |
| 110427132 | Neo-Confucianism | term used to describe new approaches to understanding classic Confucian texts that became the basic ruling philosophy of China from the Song period to the 20th century. | 10 | |
| 110427133 | Song Empire | Empire in central and south China (960-1126) while the Liao people controlled the north. Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. | 11 | |
| 110427134 | Tang Empire | empire unifying China and part of central Asia, founded in 618 and ended in 907. Their emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital, Chang'an. | 12 | |
| 110427135 | Anasazi | important culture of what is now the southwest US (700-1300 CE). Centered on Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Colorado, this culture built multistory residences and worshipped in subterranean buildings called kivas. | 13 | |
| 110427136 | Aztecs (Aztec Civilization) | also known as Mexica, these people created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 CE). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax. | 14 | |
| 110427137 | Inca | largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco. | 15 | |
| 110427138 | Maya (Mayan Civilization) | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. | 16 | |
| 110427139 | Chinampas | raised fields constructed along lakeshores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. Permitted year-round agriculture. | 17 | |
| 110427140 | Khipu | system of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information | 18 | |
| 110427141 | Quetzalcoatl | the feathered serpent, a culture-god common to most Mesoamerican civilizations, believed to be the originator of agriculture and arts | 19 | |
| 110427142 | Tenochtitlan | capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed in its ruins. | 20 | |
| 110427143 | Teotihuacan | a powerful city-state in central Mexico (100 BCE - 750 CE). Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600. | 21 | |
| 110427817 | Li Yuan | Li Shimin's father who helped him found the Tang Empire | 22 |
