inventions
Woodblock printing was used because...
It was easy to mass produce written text.
Who was the woman who became empress?
Wu Zetian
Who is the large golden man seen in lots of Chinese art and culture?
The Buddha
Why was the great wall built?
To protect China from the Mongols.
What are Scholar officials?
Government officials who joined through a difficult test on Confucian beliefs.
What was the purpose of the grand canal?
To transport people, allow trade, and expand crop fields.
Who was the wise merchant from the Yuan dynasty?
Marco Polo
What was the age of Buddhism?
when many people started following Buddhism to become free from their suffering.
One of the mountains guarding China is...
Mount Everest
How would scholar officials get hired?
By completing a very hard test that sometimes took days.
Gunpowder was made when alchemists...
Tried to make an elixir of immortality.
Who was the Mongolian who spent most of his time in China and built one of the largest empires ever?
Kublai Khan
How did the age of Buddhism end?
The burning of temples and texts because of the Tang emperor's campaign against Buddhism.
How did Chinese farmers take advantage of the flooding rivers?
They grew extremely large amounts of rice.
How long did it usually take to study and properly complete the test to become a scholar official?
Most scholars needed to study for twenty years.
Who was allowed inside the forbidden City.
The emperor, his family and his generals and members of his cabinet.
Who was the man with 60 ships that he used to explore the Indian oceans
Zheng He
How were large Buddhist statues funded?
Rich donors giving money and land.
Name two majorly important (natural) rivers
The Yangtze and Yellow river.
What was one main way people would cheat on the test to become a government official?
Bribery and hiding answers in their sleeves.
How dose the dragon backbone pump work?
Paddles roll up witch brings water upwards.
Who was Genghis Khan?
He was a military genus who combined most Mongol tribes creating an almost unstoppable army
What are the 4 noble truths?
(correct if you only get 3/4)
1) Life has pain and will be painful
2) The cause of suffering is desire
3) Suffering can be stopped by letting go of attachment and craving
4) The noble eight fold path
What Chinese enemies lived in the nearby deserts?
The Huns
What did Confucius believe about society?
He believed everyone has a role to keep everything stable as well as believing everyone should be connected by morals.