Dynasties and Important Rulers
This dynasty built the first version of the Great Wall
What is the Qin Dynasty?
This famous Chinese invention was commonly used for fireworks and signal flares
What is gunpowder?
This material was the main export of China to Europeans through the Silk Road
What is silk?
This 19th-century war broke out when Britain refused to stop selling a certain addictive drug in China
What is the Opium War?
This fabric was historically used in clothing to show prestige and wealth
What is silk?
The Ming Dynasty restored Chinese rule after expelling these foreign conquerors
Who are the Mongols?
Before this invention, Chinese people wrote on bamboo strips tortoise shells, and the shoulder blades of ox
What is paper?
This animal was the main import China gained from the Silk Road
This short reform movement in 1898 aimed to modernize China’s government and education but was stopped by conservative forces
What is the Hundred Days’ Reform?
This gemstone is used in traditional jewelry and associated with wealth
What is jade?
The last imperial dynasty of China, overthrown in 1911
What is the Qing Dynasty?
This ship designed in 3rd century China allowed explorers to establish trade with Southeast Asia
What is the junk boat?
This dynasty began the Silk Road in 130 B.C. by opening trade with the west
What is the Han Dynasty?
During the Tang and Song dynasties, this examination system was used to select officials based on Confucian Knowledge rather than birth
What is the civil service exam system?
This ‘animal’ pattern was commonly found on an emperor’s attire to represent supremacy
What is a dragon?
This Mongol leader conquered China and founded the Yuan Dynasty
Who is Kublai Khan?
This invention was the world’s first earthquake detector created during the Han Dynasty
What is the seismograph?
This European explorer gained notoriety by traveling the Silk Road and writing a book about his adventures
Who is Marco Polo?
This 20th Century movement, sparked by outrage over the Treaty of Versailles, pushed for modernization, science, and cultural reform in China
What is the May Fourth Movement?
The term “Hanfu” relates to this
What is the dress of the Han Chinese people?
The only woman to officially rule China as emperor, she rose to power during the Tang Dynasty
Who is Empress Wu Zetian?
These are the four great inventions of ancient China
What are papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and the compass?
This length was how long the Silk Road was at its prime around the 6th century
What is 4,000 miles/6,400 kilometers?
Beginning in 1850, this massive peasant-led rebellion against Qing sought to establish a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace”
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
The term “Changpao” means this
What is “long robe”?