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A former monk who led a rebellion against the Yuan emperor

A farming device invented during the Song dynasty

During the Period of Disunion, what often happened when different cultures came into contact with each other?

What is porcelain?

What does it mean to work in civil service?

What effect did having a bureaucracy of scholar-officials have on the Song dynasty?

Why did so many people turn to Buddhism in the Period of Disunion?

This instrument, which uses the earth’s magnetic field to indicate direction, revolutionized travel.

____________________ was a religion that originated in India around 500 BC.

A valuable product developed during the Song dynasty

Who was the founder of the Ming dynasty?

The Song dynasty produced ____________________, perhaps China’s greatest female poet.

Which of the following did not contribute to the collapse of the Yuan dynasty?

In what way do Confucianism and Buddhism differ?

Nomadic people who came from the plains north of China

A printer can reuse and rearrange ____________________ to create new lines of text and different pages.

A period in Chinese history also known as the Mongol Ascendancy

____________________ became the ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1260.

Which leader ruled over the largest empire in world history?

_________________, a ruler during the Tang dynasty, conquered many lands, reformed the military, and created law codes.

The ____________________ was more than 2,000 miles long.

Which of the following best characterizes Genghis Khan’s expeditions of conquest?

Which of the following best describes isolationism?

Which of the following did the Song dynasty adopt as its official policy?

A time of disorder following the collapse of the Han dynasty

A northern ruler named Yang Jian unified China in 589, creating the ____________________ dynasty.

Chinese merchants exported all of the following goods to foreign lands except _____

The dragon backbone pump was invented during the Song dynasty. What does a dragon backbone pump do?

All of the following were methods Kublai Khan used to keep control over the Chinese except _____

Dynasty during which farmers learned to grow many new crops

A ruler who was not well liked but who brought prosperity to China

Like the Sui dynasty, the Song dynasty _____

A building project started during the Sui dynasty

Confucius taught that people should follow two basic principles in their lives. What are the two principles?

The capital of the Tang dynasty and the largest city in the world at the time was _____

The Forbidden City was built during the ____________________ dynasty.

The Grand Canal was built primarily _____

What did Europeans learn from Marco Polo?

Philosopher who lived 1,000 years before the Song dynasty

The greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty

What was the primary result of Zheng He’s voyages?

In the 1430s, a new Ming emperor began a policy of increased ____________________.

A Tang dynasty ruler who reformed the military, and created law codes.

City in which the Forbidden City was built

What does the title Genghis Khan mean?

Woodblock printing allowed the Chinese to _____

How did Neo-Confucianism differ from Confucianism?