Leaders
The Mongols swept through China in 1279, led by what famous leader.
Kublai Kahn
What was the first Chinese dynasty?
The Shang Dynasty
The characters that make up Chinese writing are called?
Ideograms
What foreign religion was introduced to China under the Tang Dynasty?
Buddhism
What are the two major river systems of China?
The Yellow and The Yangtze
The Republic of China’s first president was?
Sun Yat-sen
What was the last Chinese dynasty?
The Ching Dynasty
What was the Silk Road
Trade route from east to west, from western china to the Mediterranean
Chinese government in which the most qualified and most talented people govern.
Meritocracy
Where did the name the “Middle Kingdom” come from
They believed China was the center of the universe
The Nationalist leader and president of the Chinese Republic defeated by the Communists was?
Chiang Kai-shek
Which dynasty existed at the same time as the Roman Empire, encouraged the spread of Chinese writing and Confucian education throughout the empire. This led to a social class of scholars and civil servants.
The Han
What Great Structure was built by the Emperor Zheng Build at the cost of many human lives?
The Great Wall
What Chinese philosophy remained the official philosophy of China?
Confucianism
Where is the free Republic of China (non-Communist China) located today?
Taiwan
Who was the Communist leader who took control of China in 1949?
Mao Zedong
Under which dynasty did China become the largest and strongest empire in the world?
The Tang Dynasty
It is said that Marco Polo, the Italian traveler to China, brought back to the West table forks, coal fires, chopsticks, printing, and ____________, which would soon be used in European warfare.
Gunpowder
The Qin emperor Zheng was very cruel in his effort to unify the Warring States and suppress opposition to his rule, but he is best known for
Building The First Great Wall of China
What Ocean does China face?
The Pacific
The island that is now the home of the Nationalist Republic of China is the island called
Taiwan
The ______ Dynasty first established trade routes with the people of the Mediterranean (then under the Roman Empire), who bought Chinese porcelain, tea, and silk.
The Han Dynasty
Name three ways China influenced the beginnings of all other East Asian cultures
Artistic Styles
Food & Cooking
Civil Service Exams
Give four characteristics of the teaching of Confucius
Respect for one's elders
Obedience to one's superiors
Importance of education
Importance for the traditions of society
What geographical feature for centuries cut China off from the West?
The Gobi Desert