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B11 SS China
Question | Answer |
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Genghis Khan | brought Mongols together, big army, got a lot of land (big territory) |
Diamond Sutra | ealiest book known printed book |
Warlord | military leaders who run a government |
Zhu Yuanzhang | reunited China, leader (founder) of the Ming Dynasty |
Porcelain | made of fine clay and baked at high temeratures |
earliest known printing process | Blocks of wood with words (letters) cut on them |
monasteries | place where monks worship and meditate |
Sui Dynasty | reunited China 581 ad |
Novels | Long fiction stories |
Jesuits | special group of Roman Catholic priests |
Dynasty after Mongolian Rule | Ming Dynasty |
Forbidden City | Was where the emerpors lived, Only the leaders and few other people could go there. |
Tang Dynasty Farming | irrigation and new kinds rice |
Gunpowder | used it in different weapons, invented by Chinese |
Marco Polo | Came from Italy (Europe), visited China |
Zheng He’s travels | Traveled to Southeast Asia, India, Persian Gulf |
Mongol Empire | Largest territroy or land emipre |
Civil service exams | rich (affluent) boys prepared for this test to be part of the government. |
Confucian Scholar- Officials and Chinese Voyages | Did not like the voyages because they made merchants rich, cost too much money, and brought in new ideas |
Reforms of the Ming Dynasty | Restored civil service exams, census (count of the people), rebuilt farms, new roads, repaired the Grand Canal, new rice to feed more people, silk, cotton, culture |
Reasons the Mongol/ Yuan Empire fell | Weak rulers, Mongol groups broke away, Chinese wanted their own empire, there was a series of rebellions. |
Reasons Emperors sent out ships | trade, show off China's power, demand weaker kingdoms pay tribute to China, curiosity about the world, increase Chinese influence. |
Chinese inventions | printing press, steel, gunpowder, fireworks, |