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The title ____________________________________ means “universal leader.”
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
The Forbidden City was built within the city of ____________________________________.
What is Beijing?
100
After a long visit in China, ____________________________________ wrote about his experience and inspired other Europeans to travel to (and trade with) the region.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
Ethics, or proper behavior, for both individuals and governments, was the main focus of the teachings of this ancient Chinese philosopher.
Who is Confucius?
100
This expedition leader led voyages to other countries, where he inspired people to be peaceful and share their culture.
Who is Zheng He?
200
Known as one of the greatest poets in Chinese history, ____________________________________ wrote pieces that emphasized emotion and beauty.
Who is Li Bo?
200
The Ming dynasty ended in a period of ____________________________________, during which the country separated itself from the rest of the world.
What is Isolationism?
200
Major Chinese exports included rice, nutmeg, and this type of cloth.
What is silk?
200
This is the method in which people joined the bureaucracy.
What is passing a civil service test?
200
Put the following dynasties/periods of time in order from earliest to latest: Ming, Han, Short Period of Chaos, Sui, Period of Disunion, Song, Yuan, Tang.
What is: 1) Han, 2) Period of Disunion, 3) Sui, 4) Tang, 5) Short Period of Chaos, 6) Song, 7) Yuan, 8) Ming.
300
The grandson of an infamous Chinese emperor, ____________________________________ would also rule, and accomplish the largest empire in world history.
Who is Kublai Khan
300
The ____________________________________ connected major cities and allowed goods and crops to be transported from urban areas to rural areas.
What is the Grand Canal?
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This was the major reason people fled from northern China to southern China during the Period of Disunion.
What is "to escape nomadic invaders"?
300
Benefits that scholar-officials had included having an elite position in society, earning the respect of many and having reduced forms of these when breaking the law.
What are penalties (reduced penaltiesfor breaking the law)?
300
The Great Wall of China was already over 2,000 miles long by the end of which early Chinese dynasty?
What is the Han Dynasty?
400
____________________________________ was the greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
400
The development of fast-ripening ____________________________________ lead to a population boom.
What is rice?
400
This was the religion/philosophy that the Song dynasty eventually adopted.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
400
The general region from where the Mongols originated.
What are the plains north of China?
400
The use of this type of currency made carrying it much easier, and led to an increase in wealth and prosperity as people were more easily able to more easily facilitate commerce and acquire greater physical amounts of this.
What is paper money?
500
As a member of the ____________________________________, one would work with other government officials to keep order amongst the people.
What is civil service?
500
During the Period of Disunion, people began practicing ____________________________________ for comfort and mental “escape.”
What is Buddhism?
500
Popular art forms in early China included music, pottery, porcelain figurines, and this form of writing.
What is poetry?
500
This is the dynasty during which the Mongols ruled.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
500
This branch of a popular Chinese philosophy incorporated more spiritual aspects to it than the original philosophy on which it was based.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
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