Answers to China in the Middle Ages Study Guide

1.      Genghis Khan

2.      Ming dynasty

3.      Koryo

4.      Southeast Asia and India

5.      Helped ships sail farther from land

6.      The Forbidden City

7.      Students preparing for civil service examinations

8.      Chinese

9.      Being fierce warriors

10.  Zheng He

11.  Countryside was at peace, better form of rice, the Tang gave land to farmers

12.  Cuts on blocks of wood

13.  Nature

14.  They brought new ideas to China, cost too much, made merchants rich

15.  Jesuits

16.  Marco Polo

17.  Iron could be melted to make steel

18.  Silk, porcelain, tea

19.  Yuan dynasty

20.  During the 1300s

21.  Landscapes

22.  New roads and waterways

23.  To accurately collect taxes

24.  Vases, plates, cups, saucers, etc.

25.  Sui dynasty

26.  Monastery

27.  Changan

28.  Confucious

29.  Yangdi

30.  Song dynasty

31.  Sui dynasty

32.  Novels

33.  Zhu Yuanshang

34.  Porcelain

35.  Marco Polo

36.  Diamond Sutra

37.  Jesuits

38.  Fire lance

39.  Economy

40.  calligraphy

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.

Genghis Khan



Genghis Khan


Genghis Khan was a ruthless Mongolian leader who led some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever known.  He left a path of death and destruction wherever he and his troops went.  Born Temujin, he was given the title "Genghis Khan," which means strong ruler, at a meeting of Mongolian tribal leaders in 1206.  While his methods were cruel, they eventually led to a time of relative peace and prosperity for most of Asia.  Genghis Khan died in 1227, after falling from a horse, and was succeeded by his sons and then later his also highly well-known grandson, Kublai Khan.

Important Inventions/Discoveries of the Chinese



Chinese Fire Lance

The Chinese invented or discovered many things that have had a profound impact throughout the recent history of the world.  Of these are:  silk, coal, steel, paper, porcelain, woodblock printing, moveable type, books, gunpowder, fire lance (an ancestor of the gun), and fireworks.  Furthermore, they built large ships with rudders and sails and began using the compass for navigation.  These inventions/discoveries themselves, or products that have developed from these inventions/discoveries, are still very much in use today.