Unit 9 Ch 14 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Period of Disunion | 300 years of no central government after the fall of the Han Dynasty |
Grand Canal | man-made waterway linking northern and southern China |
Empress Wu | only female ruler of China |
porcelain | thin, beautiful type of pottery; often referred to as "china" |
celadon | porcelain painted with a pale green glaze |
Li Bo | celebrated poet of the Tang Dynasty |
woodblock printing | a form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood |
gunpowder | an explosive mixture originally used in fireworks |
compass | an instrument that uses the magnetic field of the earth to show direction |
bureaucracy | a government with departments run by unelected government officials |
civil service | work done as a government official |
scholar-official | an educated member of the government in China |
Genghis Khan | ruler of the Mongol Empire 1211-1227 |
Kublai Khan | grandson of Genghis who ruled the Yuan Dynasty in China |
Yuan Dynasty | the period when the Mongols ruled China |
Zheng He | great sailor of the Ming Dynasty who led voyages around Asia |
Forbidden City | huge palace complex built during the Ming Dynasty |
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