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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?
100
He believed the 4 Noble Truths could get you here.
What is nirvana?
100
He was born Temujin but is most commonly referred to as "strong ruler" because he held the world's largest empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
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?
200
This philosopher's wisdom became a way of life for many in China.
Who is Confucius?
200
This capital city was formerly known as the "forbidden city"
What is Beijing?
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?
300
This was the first printed book.
What is the Diamond Sutra?
300
This Chinese ruler caused the world's worst famine when his "Great Leap Forward" failed horribly.
Who is Chairman Mao(Mao Zedong)?
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?
400
This poet often wrote of nature, especially the moon.
Who is Li Bo?
400
This palace slave became China's greatest explorer.
Who is Zheng He?
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?
500
To collect taxes fairly, this system of population counting was created. We hold ours every ten years.
What is a census?
500
In 1514 this European nation became the first to contact China.
What is Portugal?