Imperial China

Vocabulary

100

This is an artistic form of writing

What is Calligraphy?

200

 Flat, dry grassland

What is Steppe?

300

Violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people

What is Terror?

400

 To bring together in one unit; to join; to make into one group

What is to Unify?

500

a count of the number of people in a country

What is a census?

Geography/Features

100

vast desert in northern China?

What is the Gobi desert?

200

large separating structure to the north of China

What is the Great Wall?

300

These are the names of the two major rivers in China

What is the Yellow River and the Yangtze River?

400

This is the mountain range that separates China from India

What are the Himalayas?

500

This was the home of the Emperor for over 500 hundred years

What is The Forbidden City?

Dynasties

100

Genghis Khan was the ruler of what dynasty? 

What is the Yuan Dynasty?

200

What dynasty began the building of the Grand Canal? 

What is the Sui Dynasty? 

300

Marco Polo, an explorer from Europe, visited China during what dynasty? 

What is the Yuan Dynasty?

400

During what dynasty was Neo-Confucianism created to combat the growing interest in Buddhism? 

What is the Tang Dynasty? 

500

China had the largest fleet in the world during what dynasty? 

What is the Ming Dynasty? 

Inventions

100

This invention allowed the Mongols to use terror more easily

What is Gunpowder?

200

This invention allowed their currency to change and be more helpful

What is printing?

300

This invention was perfected to make navigation easier. 

What is the magnetic compass? 

400

The weapon created during the Tang and Song dynasties that used gunpowder and fire. 

What is the fire lance? 

500

This invention helped the trade market as well as helped to have dishes to eat on

What is Porcelain?

Culture

100

This religion taught an escape from sufferings

What is Buddhism?

200

The test given to boys to earn a position in the Chinese government. 

What is the Civil Service Exam? 

300

This religion taught that people should be more concerned with the world than just the afterlife

What is Neo-Confucianism?

400

The new language novels would be written in to make them more accessible to everyone. 

What is vernacular?

500

The most famous Chinese poet during Imperial China. 

Who is Li Bo?