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Sui Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Innovations
100
A powerful miltary ruler. There were many in medieval China.
What is a warlord?
100
She is the only woman to rule China alone.
Who is Empress Wu?
100
This passageway allowed goods and technology to flow between China and the Middle East.
What is the Silk Road?
200
This military leader reunited China and began the Sui Dynasty.
Who was Wendi?
200
The Tang Dynasty began these large changes in an effort to make China a stronger nation.
What are reforms?
200
This fossil fuel is abundant in China and helped it become a modern superpower.
What is coal?
300
Wendi's son, he began to rebuild the Great Wall.
Who was Yangdi?
300
These exams determined if you were to earn a government job.
What are the civil service exams?
300
The Chinese mastered the art of using coal to convert iron to this super strong material.
What is steel?
400
Yangdi built the Grand Canal which linked these two rivers.
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
400
Ben Franklin established this government agency which still uses civil service exams.
What is the U.S. Postal Service?
400
This is often referred to as "China".
What is porcelain?
500
This dam along the Yangtze River provides 10%of the electricity needed for China.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
500
This crop was nurtured in new ways so as to feed the growing Chinese population.
What is rice?
500
Gunpowder was used to make this primitive gun.
What is a fire lance?