Chinese geography
The capital of China?
What is Beijing?
China's oldest invention?
What is silk?
The Chinese dynasty that had the first golden age.
What is the Han dynasty?
The direction you would take to get to Mongolia from China?
What is north?
The philosopher boys needed to study to pass the civil service exams.
Who is Confucius?
China's greatest architectural achievement?
What is the Great Wall?
The invention during the Song dynasty that produced fireworks?
What is gunpowder?
The Sui dynasty started building this, which is finished later during the Ming.
What is the Grand Canal?
Temujin, leader of the Mongols?
Who is Genghis Khan?
This is the Ming dynasty's greatest achievement and tourist attraction.
What is the Forbidden City?
China's largest desert?
What is the Gobi?
Chinese invention that came to be known as China.
What is porcelain?
What are the two dynasties that expanded the civil service exams?
The Tang and Song
Period of Mongol control.
What is The Mongol Ascendancy?
the wealthiest people on the social ladder, but not respected
Who are merchants?
The road Marco Polo traveled to trade
What is the Silk Road?
1100 CE invention that helped China become a sea power.
What is the compass?
The last Chinese dynasty.
What is the Qing?
The grandson of Genghis and last successful ruler?
Who is Kublai Khan?
You become this if you pass the civil service exam
What is a member of the gentry?
Another term for Forbidden City?
The invention that was driven by running water to work.
What is the mechanical clock?
This dynasty was responsible for finishing the building of the Great Wall.
What is the Ming dynasty?
Italian trader that stayed in China for 17 years.
Who is Marco Polo?
The movement up and down the social ladder.
What is social mobility?