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Question | Answer |
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What is the name of the time of disorder after the fall of the Han Dynasty? | Period of Disunion |
What Dynasty brought an end to the period of Disunion? | Sui Dynasty |
What canal links Northern and Southern China? | The Grand Canal |
What Chinese dynasty came after the Sui and is view by historians as a golden age of culture? | Tang Dynasty |
What is the name of China'a only female Empress who was said to be both intelligent and ruthless? | Empress Wu |
After the Tang dynasty fell,China experienced 53 years of chaos until this dynasty rose? | Song Dynasty |
This religion taught that people can escape from their suffering and achieve peace. | Buddhism |
In what country did Buddhism originate? | India |
Which two Chinese dynasties were periods of great economic, cultural and technological achievements. | Tang and Song |
Irrigation techniques like the dragon's backbone pump helped increase China's... | Farmlands |
Chinese Farms became more productive with the discovery of a new type of fast growing... | Rice |
The Grand Canal allowed the Chinese to move goods and crops from farmlands to... | Cities |
China exported and traded many luxury items but the two most important were... | Silk and Porcelain |
What is the form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood? | Woodblock Printing |
This Chinese invention was originally used to make fireworks. | Gunpowder |
This instrument uses the Earth's magnetic field to show direction. | Magnetic compass |
Lighter and easier to handle than coins, this helped the Chinese manage their wealth | Paper Money |
These officials ran China's government during the Song Dynasty. | Scholar-officials |
Confucius teachings focused on ethics or proper behavior for individuals and... | government |
What is a body of unelected government officials called? | bureaucracy |
To become this job a person had to pass a difficult series of written examinations. | civil servant |
This Mongol leader brought all of northern China under his control. | Genghis Khan |
This Mongol leader completed the conquest of China and declared himself emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. | Kublai Khan |
This Italian merchant served in the court of Kublai Khan. | Marco Polo |
Who was the famous Chinese sailor who led seven voyages of exploration on very large ships? | Zheng He |
What is the name of the famous palace complex that was built for an emperors of the Ming dynasty. | The Forbidden City |
This dynasty worked to eliminate all foreign influence from Chinese society. | Ming |
This is a policy of avoiding contact with other countries. | Isolationism |