Famous People
Achievements
Famous Places
Vocabulary Words
Miscellaneous
100
This person was the leader of the Mongols who first invaded part of China.
What is Ghengis Khan?
100
The Sui dynasty created this man-made river.
What is the Grand Canal?
100
This was the city that only the Emperor and his servants could enter.
What is the Forbidden City?
100
This is thin-cut pottery which was highly valued around the world.
What is porcelain?
100
This is who produces silk?
What is a silkworm?
200
This Chinese sailor made seven voyages around the world promoting his homeland.
What is Zheng He?
200
This Chinese instrument would help you if you were lost.
What is the compass?
200
This wall helped the Chinese protect themselves against Mongol invasions?
What is the Great Wall of China?
200
This is when you bring water to fields that do not have enough, so that you can grow more crops.
What is irrigation?
200
This was the animal that helped the Mongols become powerful throughout Asia.
What is the horse?
300
This leader of China was brutal but created stability in China.
What is Empress Wu?
300
This achievement would help Europeans conquer much of the world in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What is gunpowder?
300
This country is where Ghengis and Kublai Khan were from.
What is Mongolia?
300
This is the belief that subjects and rulers have rights and responsibilites to each other. It is also named after a certain ancient Chinese philosopher.
What is Confucianism?
300
This is how rice is grown.
What is in water?
400
This Mongol was grandson of Ghengis Khan and conquered most of modern-day China.
What is Kublai Khan?
400
This invention would help everyone afford books; not just the rich.
What is woodblock printing?
400
This is a place where hills are cut so that more crops can be grown.
What is terrace farming?
400
These are non-elected government officials.
What is a bureaucracy?
400
These were the exams that scholar-officials took in order to work for the Chinese government.
What is civil service exams?
500
This philosopher described how civilized people should act within Chinese society.
What is Confucius?
500
The Tang dynasty started this system where everyone in China got a certain plot of land.
What is the equal-field system?
500
This is the modern-day capital of China.
What is Beijing?
500
This is when you serve as a government official.
What is civil service?
500
These are the three major rivers located in China?
What are the Yellow, the Pearl and the Yangtze Rivers?