This dynasty is known for repairing and completing the Great Wall of China.
What is the Ming Dynasty
100
The two major rivers of medieval China.
What are the Yellow and Yangtze rivers
100
This philosophy is more than a religion, it is a "way" of life that teaches to embrace wonder and joy in living.
What is Taoism
100
Built during the Sui dynasty, it was designed to connect the rice-producing of the south to the northern area of China
What is the Grand Canal
100
Born Temujin, he united the nomadic tribes of Central Asia and created a fearsome military.
Who is Genghis Khan
200
This dynasty was short lived, lasting only 37 years from 581 to 618 but was able to unify China under one rule for the first time since the Han Dynasty
What is the Sui Dynasty
200
This desert separates northern China from Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert
200
The teachings of the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path are central to this religion to end suffering.
What is Buddhism
200
This maritime invention was created during the Song Dynasty to hep with navigation.
What is the compass
200
During the Yuan Dynasty, this group of people were second in the government after the Mongols.
What are foreigners
300
The status of women declined in this dynasty due to the practice of food binding.
What is the Song Dynasty
300
This mountain range separates China from India in the south.
What are the Himalayas or Himalayan Mountains
300
This philosophy emphasizes the importance of family and the belief that it is a woman's duty to obey the husband.
What is Confucianism
300
This was built by Yongle during the Ming Dynasty and was reserved for the emperor and his family.
What is The Forbidden City
300
He conquered the Song Dynasty and established the Yuan Dynasty.
Who is Kublai Khan
400
This group were nomads who raised horses on the Central Asian steppe.
What are the Mongols
400
The desert whose name means "you get into but you never get out."
What is the Taklamakan Desert
400
The man known as the founder of Taoism.
Who is Lao Tzu
400
This invention was created by the Song Dynasty to launch a projectile not just for burning.
What is gunpowder
400
A merchant known for writing a book on his travels in China and years spent in the court of Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo
500
This dynasty was founded by the Mongols
What is the Yuan Dynasty
500
One of the seas that lies between eastern China and Japan.
What is the Yellow Sea or the Pacific Ocean
500
Known as the "enlightened one", he found answers to the nature of suffering through meditation.
Who is Buddha or Siddhartha Gautama
500
The result of this invention was the decline in the cost of printed material and literature increased.
What is woodblock printing or moveable type
500
A eunuch, who encouraged the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to build a fleet of ships to explore the Indian Ocean.