Vocabulary
Geography
Government
New Economy
Agriculture
Inventions & Discoveries
100
a ruling family
dynasty
100
Name a desert in China
Gobi or Taklamakan
100
Rule by the rich
Aristocracy
100
Using this new invention spurred the growth of commerce, but copying it might cost you your head
paper money
100
Name one crop grown in northern China, where it was colder and drier:
wheat
millet
100
canal lock
200
the growth of cities
urbanization
200
Name a mountain range in China
Himalayan or Tian Shan
200
What is meritocracy?
When officials are chosen based on merit (ability)
200
This invention made it easier for long voyages, and increased overseas trade.
magnetic compass
200
This crop led many landowners to become rich. It was grown in the Chang Jiang Basin, where it was warm and wet.
Rice
200
What is the term for this?
inoculation
300
a combination of science, magic and philosophy that was practiced in medieval times
alchemy
300
This river is known as the "China's Sorrow," and is named after its color
Yellow River
300
This group of foreigners ruled China for nearly 100 years
Mongols
300
The demand for ______ caused traders and artisans to be more active, which grew the economy.
luxury goods
300
What drove many farmers from northern to southern China, causing a shift in what was grown?
Mongol invasions
300
Alchemists discovered gunpowder by accident, but what were 2 reasons they experimented?
to live forever and make gold out of cheaper materials
400
individual characters made of wood or metal that can be arranged to create a job for printing, and then used over again
movable type
400
This area of China has a warm, wet climate that is perfect for growing rice
Chang Jiang Basin
400
The belief that rulers are Divinely chosen to lead, until they become bad leaders.
Mandate of Heaven
400
Name three products unique to China that were traded on the Silk Road
silk jade
porcelain gunpowder
tea steel
paper
400
Name a new farming tool or technique that improved food production in medieval China:
plow (and harrow)
chain pump
terraces
400
What three inventions helped spread learning throughout China?
paper
printing
movable type
500
economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
industry
500
Tibetan Plateau
500
A highly organized body of workers with many levels of authority.
bureaucracy
500
The growth of the economy caused many people to move to cities and towns.
What is this called?
Why did people move to cities?
urbanization
to find work/better jobs
500
What factor led to a boom in rice production?
a new kind of rice (drought resistant and matured quickly)
500
Advanced made by the Chinese led to important new industries. Name three.
paper
printing
porcelain
steel