Government and Society
This belief said emperors received the right to rule from Heaven.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This group traded goods across Asia and helped expand trade.
What is Merchants?
These connected rivers at different water levels and helped boats travel long distances.
What is Canals?
This invention was first made from hemp, mulberry bark, and rags.
What is Paper?
This drink was first used as a medicine before becoming an everyday beverage.
What is Tea?
Family lines of rulers who passed power down within the same family were called this.
What is Dynasties?
This fast-growing rice resisted drought and helped increase food production.
What is Champa rice?
These allowed boats to be raised and lowered when traveling through canals.
What is Canal Locks?
This printing method used carved wooden blocks, ink, and paper.
What is Woodblock Printing?
People used this to clean the clothes of sick people because heat kills germs.
What is Steam?
This large group of officials helped Tang rulers collect taxes and enforce laws.
What is Bureaucracy?
This happened as trade expanded, creating new jobs and drawing people into towns and cities.
What is Urbanization?
This type of bridge used only part of a circle and is flatter than Roman arches.
What is Segmental Arch?
This printing method used individual characters that could be rearranged and reused.
What is Movable Type?
This early medical practice helped protect people against smallpox.
What is Inoculation?
These exams tested Confucian ideas and government knowledge to choose officials.
What is Civil Service (Exams)?
This form of money was used in China and controlled by the government to prevent counterfeiting.
What is Paper Money?
This natural magnetic rock was used in early Chinese compasses.
What is Lodestone?
This explosive invention was created by Chinese alchemists experimenting with saltpeter.
What is Gunpowder?
This fine ceramic was made from clay mixed with quartz and feldspar and became a major industry.
What is Porcelain?
This foreign group conquered China and placed themselves at the top of the social order.
What is the Mongols?
This drink product spread from China to Japan and Europe and became a worldwide trade good.
What is Tea?
These boats were powered by people walking on a treadmill and were useful on rivers and lakes.
What is Paddlewheel Boats?
These early weapons used gunpowder and could shoot fire.
What is Flamethrowers?
This invention helped books and knowledge spread to more people.
What is Papermaking?