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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |