Coach Isabell's Ch.14

How did Marco Polo describe china?

The teachings and ideas of Confucius were widely accepted prior to the Han dynasty.

How is Confucianism and Buddhism different?

What was the Song dynasty’s official government teaching/policy?

Name of one of the greatest female poets from the Song period?

famous poets from Tang

In the 1430s a Ming emperor adopted a policy of increased________?

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

Define isolationism

which one of these is a major advance from the song period

` did the cultures of northern invaders and traditional Chinese sometimes combine?

How would you characterize Genghis Khan’s expeditions of conquest?

Nomadic people who came from the plains north of China were the Mongols

pottery during song dynasty

The time of disorder following the collapse of the Han dynasty is often called?

What was the official philosophy of the Han dynasty?

Work as a government official is called

Which leader ruled over the largest empire in world history?

Who was the greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty

A body of unelected government officials are called a Bureaucracy?

who unified china in 589?

Tang dynasty ruler under whose reign culture flourished?

What probably would have happened had Empress Wu not been such a strong and ruthless leader?

What effect did opening China’s Pacific ports to foreign traders have in China?

What philosopher lived 1000 years before the Song dynasty & had a huge impact on its government

oldest to newest civilization in the Period of Disunion

the Chinese and the Mongols were part of the same ethnic group

Where was the Forbidden City built?