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Tang and Song
Mongols
Ming
Achievements and Society
Miscellaneous
100

What religion did the Tang rulers want to put down?

Buddhism

100
What is the term for "ruler" in a Mongol clan?
Khan
100

Who was Zheng He?

An explorer and merchant

100
Which Chinese discovery was used to create fireworks and weapons?
Gunpowder
100

What is the term for the system of hiring and promoting people based on talent and skill?

Merit system

200
What is the term for the highly educated men who passed the civil service exam?
scholar officials
200
What is the term for people who move from place to place?
nomad
200
What was the name for the site of the Emperor's palace that reinforced the idea that China was the center of the world?
Forbidden City
200
What is the name for the new philosophy that combined Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism?
Neo-Confucianism
200

Who was the Italian who spent 17 years in China and is a source of our knowledge about Medieval China?

Marco Polo

300
What is China's most important crop?
Rice
300
Who was the first person to unite the Mongol tribes?
Genghis Khan
300
What is the name of the Emperor who revived the civil service system and restored Confucianism after Mongol rule?
Hongwu
300
What are the three perfections?
Calligraphy, poetry and painting.
300

What philosophy valued order and respect for authority?

Confucianism

400

What dynasty did many Chinese artist start drawing landscapes?

Song Dynasty

400
What is the name of the dynasty founded by Kublai Khan
Yuan
400
What is the name for a payment or gift to a more powerful country?
Tribute
400
What is the name for the device with a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north?
Compass
400
The Chinese were the first to use this type of currency.
Paper Money
500
What is the name of the Tang capital city that had over a million people living in it?
Chang'an
500

What did the Mongols force the Koreans to build?

warships

500

The Ming stopped trade in China because of this group of people who they felt were negatively influencing Chinese culture. 

Foreigners

500

What is the name for the method where workers carved text into blocks of wood and then covered it with ink and stamped it on paper?

Block printing

500
Which religion valued enlightenment from within?
Buddhism