Dynasties
This dynasty was founded by the grandson of the Mongol foreigner, Genghis Khan
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
It was built to keep the Xiongnu out of China but later, the Mongols and the Manchu, were able to get around it
What is the Great Wall?
The Mongol ruler, Temujin, was given this title that meant 'universal ruler' and conquered much of Asia - his grandson would later conquer even more land and establish the Yuan Dynasty
What is Genghis Khan?
This series of trading routes stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea
What are the Silk Road(s)?
This achievement exploded onto the scene when saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal were mixed
What is gunpowder?
The Italian explorer who visited China during the Mongol Dynasty (Also, the name of a game played in a swimming pool)
Who is Marco Polo?
The dynasty known for the development of the Chinese arts (China's "Golden Age")
Tang Dynasty
The residence of the Ming imperial family
What is the Palace of Heavenly Purity in the Forbidden City?
The only female ruler of China, she was the third Tang ruler after her husband Taizong died
Who is Wu Zhao?
This crop became a staple during the Song Dynasty and 50% of people today eat this daily
What is rice?
This innovation made navigation on both land and sea easier
What is the magnetic compass?
This Muslim Chinese explorer was commissioned by the emperor Yongle to build a fleet of ships to glorify the emperor through controlling trade and exploring the world
Who is Zheng He?
The silk road created wealth for China during this dynasty
Han Dynasty
This connected the Huang He (Yellow River) in the north with the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) in the south of China and is the world's longest man-made one
What is the Grand Canal?
The Mongol ruler who conquered China, expanded what his grandfather conquered and built a magnificent imperial palace
Who is Kublai Khan?
During the Song Dynasty, this was used for the first time and was used for trading instead of coins
What is paper money?
This dynasty (960-1279 AD) had the most innovations than all of the others
What is the Song Dynasty?
The founder of this religion taught the Four Noble Truths and believed that people can achieve a state of nirvana
Who was Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha?
The Manchu established the very last dynasty that ended in 1912
What is the Qing Dynasty?
The river that was sometimes called "China's Sorrow" because of its destructive floods and had a yellowish tint due to the silt
What is the Huang He (or Yellow River)?
The son of Sui Dynasty founder, Wendi, he completed the 1,200 mile long Grand Canal by making over 5 million men, women and children work on it
Who was Yangdi?
These three items were very important to China's trading along the Silk Road and by sea
What are silk, tea, and porcelain?
This Song Dynasty innovation allowed books to be made quickly
What is moveable type?
Scientists in this field of study look at human remains can discover how a person lived, what diseases they had and their ancestral origins
What is bioarcheology?
During this dynasty ruled by the foreign Mongols, the Chinese hated their rulers because they were treated like second class citizens where foreigners were treated better than them
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This city along the Mediterranean Sea marked the western end of the Silk Roads
What is Antioch?
Nanjing (in China) is the eastern end of the Silk Roads
This Ming emperor put a stop to explorations and started China on a path of isolationism
Who was Zhengtong?
Chinese protected the silk trade by doing this
What is allowing only silk fabric to leave the country, by not trading silk worms?
Playing cards, dominoes, and mahjong, along with paper money were innovations during this dynasty
What is the Song Dynasty?
The orphaned beggar who led rebel fighters against the Mongol emperor and established the Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang