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When did the Song dynasty rule Ancient China?
What is 960 to 1279?
What are three of the most important inventions in the history of Ancient China during the Song Dynasty?
Moveable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass.
When did the Yuan rule China?
1279-1368
What is the Ming Dynasty often called?
The Ming Dynasty is called the last great Chinese dynasty
Who led the peasant uprising that removed the Mongols from power?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Who was the Northern Song emperor that reunited much of China? What caused the fall of Northern Song?
Emperor Taizu reunited much of China, and appointing scholars to lead his army caused the fall of Northern Song.
What are two things that became popular with the invention of moveable type and the availability of books?
Poetry and literature
What did Kublai encourage with lands beyond China? Who was the famous visitor from Europe?
Trade and communication; Marco Polo
What dynasty was established after Chinese rebel groups overthrow the Mongol rule?
Ming Dynasty
What empire ruled China during the Yuan Dynasty?
Mongol Empire
What group of people conquered the Northern Song?
Jin
What became the most important crop in China during the Song Dynasty? How was this crop different from previous crops?
Rice became the most important crop, and it was different because it was drought resistance and fast-growing.
Who had originally united the Mongol tribes in Northern China?
Genghis Khan
What years did the Ming dynasty rule China?
ruled China from 1368-1644.
What are two civil engineering projects that were rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty?
The Great Wall of China and the Grand Canal.
Why did the Southern Song pay a fee to the Jin for over a hundred years?
They paid the Jin to maintain peace.
Who eventually conquered the Song Dynasty and began the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
What caused the fall of the Yuan Dynasty after Kublai’s death?
The heirs fought over power, and the government became corrupt.
What was the Forbidden City? How many buildings did it have?
The Forbidden City was the emperor’s palace, and it had almost 1000 buildings.
What Ming Dynasty artwork was valuable throughout the world?
Ming vases
Who did the Southern Song eventually ally with to conquer the Jin? Why did the plan backfire for the Southern Song?
They allied with the Mongols, and the plan backfired because once the Mongols conquered the Jin they captured Southern Song.
Who was the first Mongol to ally with the Southern Song and then eventually conquered them? What was the name of his new dynasty?
Kublai Khan and his dynasty were called the Yuan Dynasty.
What did Kublai do to control his Chinese subjects? Who was always given preference over the other races?
He instituted social classes based on race, and Mongols were always given preference over other races.
What did someone have to do to get a job with the civil service?
They had to take a difficult exam
How long did it take to build the Forbidden City? How many workers did it take to complete it?
Fifteen years and 1 million workers.