Vocabulary
Economic Growth
Technological Advances
Literature & the Arts
Miscellaneous
100
A way of doing something
What is method?
100
The Tang developed new kinds of _____ that grew well in poor soil.
What is rice?
100
This natural resource replaced wood as the main source of heat production
What is coal?
100
He was one of the most popular poets of the Tang dynasty.
Who was Li Bo?
100
This invention benefited Chinese traders by making money more portable.
What is paper currency (money)?
200
To copy from one surface to another
What is to transfer?
200
An increase in food production can also lead to an increase in this area?
What is population?
200
Before printing existed this process was how books were made.
What is copying by hand?
200
This Tang poet wrote poems about the hardships of life.
Who was Du Fu?
200
This Chinese invention made navigation easier by identifying where north is.
What is a compass?
300
A ceramic made of fine clay baked at a very high temperature.
What is porcelain?
300
Tang rulers had more of these two things built to help travel improve.
What are roads and waterways?
300
In the A.D. 600s the Chinese developed this method to make books.
What is woodblock printing?
300
This type of painting focuses on the "idea" of nature and not on its exact appearance
What is landscape painting?
300
Another word people sometimes use for porcelain.
What is china?
400
Artistic handwriting
What is calligraphy?
400
This trade item became the foundation of Chinese trade.
What is silk?
400
Pi Sheng solved a printing problem with this invention.
What is movable type?
400
One of the major themes of Chinese poets were the changing of these four seasons.
What are spring, summer, fall and winter?
400
Methods for making porcelain did not reach Europe until what years.
What are the 1700s?
500
Small models or figures, often of humans or animals.
What are figurines?
500
The Chinese traded for items such as opals, rubies, and gems also referred to as what items?
What are precious stones?
500
This invention changed the way wars were fought.
What is gunpowder?
500
Name at least two themes prevalent in landscape painting.
What are peace calm nature beauty
500
A belief that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns.
What is Daoism?
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