Vocabulary
An explosive powder made of saltpeter and other animals
What is gunpowder
Held power for 400 years
What is the Han dynasty
A sling-shot like war machine used for shooting rocks shells and other objects
What is a catapult
Cards, paper, money, and mechanical clock were are invented during
What is the Tang Dynasty
A substance used to immunize people against a disease
What is a vaccine
The natural defense against disease
What is an immune system
Created a new central government and ruled for 29 years
Created a new central government and ruled for 29 years
Was probably made from mulberry tree then later rags were used
What is paper
Playing cards, and paper money were all made of
What is wood blocks
Chinese learned how to inoculate people against the small small pox in
What is the 10th century
Hard white pottery; called China
What is porcelain
Was mainly based on the works of Confucius
What is the Tang dynasty
Used for carving symbols on paper
What is woodblock printing
Who introduced playing cards in 1300
What is Europeans
A Chinese monk recommended to do _______with cloths of sick people
what is steaming
A bridge supported by arches that are shallow segments of a circle
What is a Segmental arch bridge
They relied on civil service exams and opened them up to far more candidates
What is the Song dynasty
Made from iron then later was made from blowing air onto molten
What is steel
Mechanical clock invented in
What the eighth century
When someone died they did that let off poisonous smoke
What is burned them
A building designed to observe stars and planets
What is an Observatory
He was the greatest philosopher and teacher of scholar-officials that ran the government
Who is Confucius
Consist of separate blocks for each characte
What is movable type
The Chinese improved the clock in
The Chinese improved the clock in
The Chinese crushed people scabs and turned them into powder and put them in their___
What is nose