Ancient China Vocabulary

Policy of avoiding contact with other countries:

A compass was invented:

Confucianism

Idea that heaven chose China's ruler and gave them thier power.

Invented by the Chinese to detect earthquakes:

Built to protect China from invaders from the north:

Following his travels, the world was opened up to the Age of Exploration:

A Chinese game played with tiles:

Found by farmers in 1974

The practice of inserting needles into the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain

A type of printing where a whole page is carved into a block of wood:

The group of nomadic people who conquered China.

series of rulers that belong to the same family

Mongolian leader who led the conquest of China:

fine nutrient rich deposits left from flooding rivers

The first emperor of China who built the Great Wall

dry, humid, having little rain

A long trade route that connected China to the Western World