Emperors/Leaders
China's first female ruler
Wu Hou
This system was created during the Sui dynasty to carry water throughout China.
Canal
Dynasty that was considered the Era of Peace and Prosperity
Han Dynasty
This structure that created a protective barrier and kept China safe from Northern invaders.
The Great Wall
High taxes and forced labor caused the collapse of which dynasty
Sui (Sway)
A Chinese explorer to set sail to find trade routes in the East.
Zheng He
During the Tang dynasty this form of currency was first printed.
Paper money
A series of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
The Han Dynasty and Rome built these to unify their empires.
Roads
During this dynasty iron was produced and used for military body armor
Song
The first emperor to unify China.
Qin Shi Huang
During the Tang and Song Dynasties this fine white clay would be baked to make it turn shiny.
Porcelain
Capital of China
Beijing
The palace of the Chinese emperor in Beijing
The Forbidden City
This dynasty ruled as many was 100 million people
Ming
Conquered south China and was the first non-Chinese ruler.
Kublai Khan
What type of printing rubbed paper over an inked block.
Woodblock Printing
The year 2020 is the Chinese year of the... what?
Rat
The route that connected Europe and China which encouraged trade.
The Silk Road
China had their first non-Chinese ruler
Mongol or Yuan Dynasty
Mongolian ruler who united the nomadic tribes of northern Asia to form a unified Mongolia
Genghis Khan
The first form of printing in China.
Seal Prints
An important political theory in Chinese history where each dynasty rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven, and falls, only to be replaced by a new dynasty.
Dynastic Cycle
Yellow River in China
Huang He
Considered one of China's greatest dynasties
Tang