Trade
The popular trade route that helped the Chinese learn about people, geography, and culture was called what?
The Silk Road
A line of Rulers descended from one family. China has several of them
Dynasty or Dynasties
The form of money used in a country?
Currency
Porcelain
China's Largest Desert
Gobi Desert
This material comes from the cocoons of worms
Silk
A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government
Civil Service Exam
The buying and selling of goods; business
Commerce
An explosive powder used to propel things
Gunpowder
Mountain Range in China, Nepal, and India
Himalayas
Soft, shiny, metal used in trade for all of human history.
Gold!
The political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people
Emperor
Rule by officials of proven merit
Meritocracy
Pump used in irrigation
Dragon Backbone pump
China's largest construction, running over 13,000 miles long
Great Wall of China
The Chang Jiang (Yellow) and the Huang He (Yangtze) in China are the name of what?
A) Mountains
B) Rivers
C) Spices
Rivers!
Something belonging to or related to an emperor or empire is called...?
Imperial
A system of managing the wealth and resources of a community or region
Economy
Using earth's magnetic pull to identify north
Large Plateau in China
Tibetan Plateau
What famous Italian explorer travelled to China along the silk road, bring exotic goods back to Europe?
Hint: "...fish out of water..."
Marco Polo
Rule by officials of proven merit
Meritocracy
The growth of cities
Urbanization
Paper
Name 2 countries that border China
North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam