Lesson 1
This was a period when China was split into several competing kingdoms, ruled by military leaders.
What is the period of disunion?
This was a new invention for irrigation during this time
What is the dragon backbone pump?
This was Neo-Confucianism.
What is Confucianism mixed with proper behavior and spiritual matters?
This person traveled around China from 1271-1295 and wrote about the experiences.
Who is Marco Polo?
Korea is located on a peninsula northeast of where.
What is China?
This is what Empress Wu is known for.
Chang'an
This describes the characteristics of a scholar-official.
What is respected for intelligence and ethical behavior?
This was the reason for the name Forbidden city.
What is Chinese commoners could not enter?
These were two important Korean inventions.
What is celadon pottery and metal movable type?
Buddhism was brought from this country to China by missionaries.
What is India?
These were crops grown during the Song dynasty. (Name at least three)
What is rice, tea, and cotton?
This religion became the official state philosophy during the Han dynasty.
What is Confucianism?
Zhu Yuanzhang is known for these two things.
What is defeating the Mongols and founding the Ming dynasty?
This is an example of cultural diffusion.
What is the spread of Buddhism throughout Korea?
These were ways the Tang and Song dynasties were similar (Name at least three similarities)
Gunpowder, paper money, and celadon glazed porcelain
What are inventions by the Tang and Song dynasties?
These were the two principles that Confucius believed people should follow.
What are ren and li? (Concern for others and appropriate behavior)
Who is Kublai Khan?
Korea adopted these three things from China.
These periods of Chinese history in chronological order.
What is the Han dynasty, Period of disunion, Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, Five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and Song dynasty?
This was a poet during the Tang dynasty
Who is Li Bo?
Memorize entire Confucian texts, study for many years, and complete an exam over many days
What is how a person becomes a scholar-official?
This was the Arab historian who described life in China during the Yuan dynasty.
Who is Ibn Battutah?
This was the order of events in Vietnam.
What is Nam Viet is est., renamed Annam, Trung sisters lead a rebellion, Tang dynasty falls, Dai iet is est., and Tran dynasty replaces Ly dynasty?