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IMPERIAL CHINA VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CONNECTED THE TWO RIVERS OF HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER) & CHANG JIANG (YANGTZE RIVER) AS WELL AS CITIES OF BEIJING & HANGZHOU | GRAND CANAL |
| MADE WITH FINE CLAY AND BAKED AT HIGH TEMPS; USED TO MAKE DISHES, VASES & OTHER ITEMS | PORCELAIN |
| CHINESE PRINTER WHO SOLVED PRINTING PROBLEM BY CREATING MOVABLE TYPE; USED INDIVIDUAL LETTERS THAT WERE REUSABLE | PI SHENG |
| ONLY WOMAN IN CHINESE HISTORY TO COMPLETELY RULE ON HER OWN;RULER IN TANG DYNASTY | EMPRESS WU |
| MILITARY LEADERS WHO RULED LOCAL AREAS & FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER | WARLORDS |
| CHINESE GENERAL WHO DECLARED HIMSELF EMPEROR IN A.D. 581; ESTABLISHED THE SUI DYNASTY | WENDI |
| DYNASTY ESTABLISHED BY WENDI; LASTED FROM A.D. 581-A.D. 618; GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS BUILDING OF GRAND CANAL | SUI DYNASTY |
| ONE OF MOST POPULAR POETS OF TANG DYNASTY; WROTE HIS POEMS ABOUT NATURE | LI BO |
| ARTISTIC HANDWRITING | CALLIGRAPHY |
| USING EXAMS TO SELECT THE PEOPLE FOR GOV’T JOBS. | CIVIL SERVICE |
| Chinese printer who invented movable type | PI SHENG |
| A Warrior Who Set Out to Unify the Mongol Clans and Conquer Lands Beyond Mongolia | GENGHIS KHAN |
| One of the most famous European travelers to reach China | MARCO POLO |
| A count of the number of people in a country | CENSUS |
| Leader of Chinese exploration voyages | ZHENG HE |
| an uncivilized person | BARBARIANS |
| Dynasty after the Ming, founded in A.D. 1644; China’s last dynasty | QING DYNASTY |