Dynasties And Dates
100 – This dynasty reunified China in 581 C.E. after 300 years without a strong central government.
Answer: What is the Sui dynasty?
100 – This system tested people on Confucian ideas to choose government officials.
Answer: What is the civil service examination?
100 – This invention helped Chinese sailors travel farther from land.
Answer: What is the magnetic compass?
100 – This leader unified the Mongol tribes and built a powerful army.
Answer: Who is Genghis Khan?
100 – This famous traveler described the busy port city of Quanzhou.
Answer: Who is Ibn Battuta?
200 – This dynasty ruled from 618–907 C.E. and restored civil service exams.
What is the Tang dynasty?
200 – This belief taught respect for order, family, and duty to society.
Answer: What is Confucianism?
200 – This ceramic made of fine clay became famous during the Tang dynasty.
Answer: What is porcelain?
200 – The Mongols were especially skilled at fighting while riding these animals.
Answer: What are horses?
200 – This European traveler served Kublai Khan and later wrote about China.
Answer: Who is Marco Polo?
This dynasty ruled China after the Mongols and lasted from 1368–1644 C.E.
Answer: What is the Ming dynasty?
300 – This belief combined Confucian ideas with Buddhism and Daoism.
Answer: What is neo-Confucianism?
300 – This invention made printing faster because pieces could be reused.
Answer: What is movable type?
This Mongol ruler conquered the Song dynasty and ruled China.
Answer: Who is Kublai Khan?
300 – This Chinese admiral led huge fleets across the Indian Ocean.
Answer: Who is Zheng He?
400 – This dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan, was also known as Mongol rule in China.
Answer: What is the Yuan dynasty?
400 – This idea explained why an emperor had the right to rule China.
Answer: What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This invention was used in weapons like the fire lance.
Answer: What is gunpowder?
400 – The Mongols often used this tactic to frighten enemies into surrendering.
Answer: What is terror?
400 – Ming novelists wrote stories in this everyday language.
Answer: What is vernacular?
500 – Put these dynasties in correct order: Tang, Ming, Sui, Song.
Answer: What is Sui → Tang → Song → Ming?
500 – Some Tang officials opposed this religion because they thought it weakened family loyalty.
Answer: What is Buddhism?
500 – This massive waterway connected northern and southern China.
Answer: What is the Grand Canal?
500 – Name one reason the Mongols were able to build the largest land empire in history.
Answer: What is strong leadership, skilled cavalry, military organization, or use of terror?
500 – After Zheng He’s death, Ming rulers ended voyages mainly because they thought they were this.
Answer: What is too expensive and unnecessary?