This religion reunified China after 300 years of political trouble.
What is Buddhism?
100
This was the most desirable commodity traded on a "road" in which it's named.
What is silk?
100
The dynasty with the greatest poets. Or a sugary orange drink.
What is Tang?
100
China was one of the first countries to see the emergence of this calendar. This calendar is based on exact astronomical observations of the sun and the moon.
What is the Lunar Calendar?
100
An appliance that boiling water can steep tea leaves in on its own.
What are Tea pots?
200
This religion is a tradition that emphasizes living in harmony. It means "way" or "path". Also a Chinese chicken dish named after a General.
What is Taoism?
200
This "road" was the greatest achievement of the Tang dynasty.
What was Silk Road?
200
The ethic of greater importance to the Tang dynasty - education or farming.
What is education?
200
This commodity that comes from trees, and became a very important industry in the Sung dynasty. The need for this industry increased with the invention of printing.
What is paper?
200
This Yuan invention is a game that is played with many small rectangular tiles.
What are Dominoes?
300
They are Buddhist temples that were wealthy with grains and precious metals.
What are monasteries?
300
This colored plagued traveled the Silk Road.
What is Black?
300
Of lesser importance in other dynasties - this gender had an equal opportunity.
Who are women?
300
This mechanism is operated by dripping water that powered a wheel which made one full revolution of 24 hours.
What is the mechanical clock?
300
Tea steeped with one of these before tea pots were invented. It was also used to paint the house.
What is a brush?
400
This Chinese Philosopher taught the Chinese Tang rulers to be kind and honorable, and taught the way of life to the Chinese people. ________ says:
Who was Confucius?
400
This many thousand miles was the length of the Silk Road?
What is 4?
400
Of 5000, 50000, or 500000, how many poems did "The Complete Poetry of the Tang" contain.
What is 50,000?
400
Of Conceptual, Abstract and Landscape - The Sung dynasty known for this type of art.
What is Landscape art?
400
This type of powder was inserted into Yuan bombs to create shrapnel during wartime.
What is gunpowder?
500
Buddhism includes development of the qualities of awareness, kindness and wisdom. This is practiced during wartime.
What is peace or pacifism?
500
Of Ivory, gold and glass - this was the most precious commodity on the Silk road.
What is gold?
500
Of history, politics, cooking or military skills - the one Tang women could NOT learn.
What is cooking?
500
By 1000 CE, these were widely used on ships because it enabled them to navigate without stars in view. Today, we use one to find magnetic north.
What is a Compass?
500
This 'Phags-pa script was used to create unification of Chinese and this language.