Study Guide for China in the Middle Ages

      1.      Who united the Mongols and conquered a vast territory?

2.      This dynasty fell in 1644 to the Manchus.

3.      The leaders of Korea were called _______.

4.      Where did Zheng He travel?

5.      What did the compass allow travelers in China to do?

6.      This was home to the emperors.

7.      Who never did physical work in China?

8.      What people invented gunpowder?

9.      For what were Mongols known?

10.  A voyager during the Ming dynasty.

11.  Why did farming increase during the Tang dynasty (three reasons)?

12.  What was the earliest printing process?

13.  What did Chinese poetry during the Tang dynasty often celebrate?

14.  Give three reasons Confucian officials wanted to end Chinese voyages.

15.  Missionaries in China were often _______.

16.  Returned to Europe to write a book about his travels.

17.  What important discovery was made during the Tang dynasty?

18.  What items did the Chinese trade?

19.  This dynasty was started by Kublai Khan, lasted about 100 years, and was dominated by Mongol leaders.

20.  When did the Mongols lose control of China?

21.  What did Chinese paintings during the Song dynasty often depict?

22.  What are two reasons that trade increased during the Tang dynasty?

23.  Why did the Ming sometimes take a census?

24.  What are some things porcelain could be made into?

25.  Under which dynasty was the Grand Canal built?

26.  A place where Buddhist monks lived and worshipped.

27.  The capital city of China under the Tang dynasty.

28.  Who believed good government led by wise rulers would create a peaceful society?

29.  Who had the Grand Canal built, which emperor?

30.  Which dynasty ruled from A.D. 960 to A.D. 1279?

31.  Which dynasty reunited China in A.D. 581?

32.  Long, fictional stories that were popular during the Ming dynasty are called?

33.  Who founded the Ming Dynasty?

34.  A material made of clay and baked at high temperatures.

35.  A famous European traveler who visited China and stayed for 16 years.

36.  The earliest known printed book.

37.  What was the name of a special group of Roman Catholic priests that came to China?

38.  What weapon, invented by the Chinese, is the ancestor of the modern gun?

39.  An organized way in which people produce, sell, and buy things.

40.  Chinese painters wrote beautiful characters called _______ on their work.