Geography
This is the highest mountain in the world.
What is Mt. Everest?
Followers of this religion seek to balance opposite forces of nature known as Yin and Yang.
What is Daoism?
This fabric was a Chinese secret for over 1,000 years.
What is silk?
This Mongol leader's name means "ruler of the universe."
Who is Genghis Khan?
After they passed the civil service exam, a man could become a government official known by this name.
What is a scholar-official?
The Huang River is one of the two major east-west rivers of China; it is also known by this name.
What is the Yellow River?
What religion came to China from India in around 200 CE?
What is Buddhism?
This Chinese invention used a piece of lodestone.
What is a compass?
Who are the Mongols?
This military commander that began the Tang Dynasty.
Who is Tang Gaozu?
What city is the Forbidden City located in?
What is Beijing?
The civil service exams had many questions about this philosophy.
What is Confucianism?
This invention was first used mostly as medicine.
What is tea?
This dynasty rebuilt the Great Wall after the destruction caused by the Mongols.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The merit system rewards people for this.
What is hard work/doing a good job/being successful in their work?
This man-made waterway connects the two major, east-west flowing rivers of China.
What is the Grand Canal?
Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism are considered the "_________ __________" of ancient Chinese society.
What are the "Three Pillars"?
This group of people discovered gunpowder.
This dynasty had a female ruler named Empress Wu.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
What is the correct order of the four medieval Chinese dynasties, from oldest to newest?
What are the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties?
These are China's two large deserts.
What are the (1) Gobi and (2) Taklimakan Deserts?
Buddhism is based on the teachings of this person.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
Which dynasty is known for its blue and white porcelain?
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This dynasty revived bureaucracy, a government system run by government officials, in China.
What is the Tang dynasty?
Under the Mongols, this was the order of the social groups, from most to least powerful.
What are (1) Mongols, (2) foreigners, and (3) Chinese.