China Rebuilds Its Empire
Farmers revolted and killed this emperor.
Who is Yangdi?
Taught that people could escape suffering by following these teachings.
What is Buddhism?
This invention changed Chinese agriculture.
What is the iron plow?
This place place had beautiful gardens & palaces.
What is the Forbidden City?
Ming emperors built a large fleet of ships to do this.
What is explore and trade?
The development of irrigation and rice led to this during the Tang Dynasty.
What is population growth?
This was a blend of Buddhism, Daoism & Confusianism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
Chinese used this in explosives and weapons.
What is gunpowder?
This emperor brought peace & order but was a harsh ruler.
Who is Emperor Zhu (Hong Wu)?
Zheng He brought this back from Africa.
What are animals?
The only woman in Chinese history to rule the country on her own.
Neo-Confucianism believers were expected to do these two things.
What is be active in society & help others?
This was discovered when iron was heated in a coal furnace.
What is steel?
This counts the number of people in an area.
What is the census?
Chinese officials complained that trips needed to stop because of this.
What is the ongoing cost?
This empire lasted for about 300 years.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
The civil service examinations tested knowledge of these writings.
What is Confucian writings?
These helped Chinese sailors travel long distance on ships.
What are the magnetic compass & rudders/sails?
Chinese writers produced these long fictional stories.
What is a novel?
The Portugese wanted to convert Chinese to this religion.
What is Christianity?
This connected the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
What is the Grand Canal?
The civil service examinations created this new class of leaders.
What are scholar-officials?
This helped lead to the production of paper currency.
What is woodblock printing?
For the first time, this became the cloth worn by most Chinese.
What is cotton?
Who are barbarians?