Ch. 7 China Key Terms Crossword
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
 
 
Down: 1) A canal that linked northern and southern China. It was started during the Sui dynasty, from 589 to 618. It was a means of transportation for people and merchandise. 2) A sequence of rulers from the same group or family. China had dynasties, rather than empires.3) A mixture of powders used to fire guns or explosions. This invention revolutionized war and celebrations. It made fireworks and bombs possible. Invented in the late Tang or early Song dynasty.5) Lived over 1,500 years before the Song dynasty. He thought that people should live their life based on two principles, ren and li. Ren is concern for others and li is appropriate behavior. He believed that showing appropriate behavior would keep order in a society.7) A policy to avoid contact with other countries. In the 1430s a Ming emperor dismantled all fleets of ships. This policy caused consequences. China did not make the progresses in technology that the rest of the world had made. In 1644 the Ming dynasty was overthrown. In the 1800s, other countries gained influences in China's affairs, an China was too weak to stop them.8) An educated member of the government. Not all citizens went to school for long, or at all. Those who did and where able to pass written exams on Confucian ideas became this. These were implemented in the Song dynasty.9) A form of printing in which words are carved into a block of wood, covered with ink, then pressed onto paper. This saved time and effort. It made copying things easy. The first book was written in 868 this way.15) A thin, beautiful pottery invented in China during the Song dynasty, and still used today. It helped enhance trade over land and sea.16) A ruler during the Tang dynasty (655-705), she married a sickly emperor and became the only woman to rule China.17) He was the greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty. Between 1405 and1433 he led seven voyages around Asia. Some ships were over 300 feet, which is longer than a football field. His voyages displayed China's wealth and power to areas in Africa and Asia. 20) The title of the highest, most powerful leader of the Mongol's. Across: 4) A religion, originated in India by Buddha around 500 BC. It changed China's religion, art, literature, and architecture.6) The largest city and capital of China during the Tang dynasty. It was a major trade center and a religious center for Buddhists, Daoists, and Asian Christians. With over a million people, it had a diverse culture, including people from China, Korea, Persia, Arabia, and Europe.10) The grandson of Genghis Khan. He became ruler in 1260. He completed his grandfather's conquest of China and declared himself emperor of China in 1279. He began the Yuan dynasty, the first time a foreigner controlled al, of China.11) The disorder that followed the collapse of the Han dynasty. It lasted from 220 to 589. Invaders took advantage of this time to enter China, and by doing so, cultures mixed.12) The Song dynasty improved government by introducing this idea. People would come to work in government as a body of unelected government officials. People would take a civil service exam in order to be a part of this.13) An Italian merchant who visited China during the rule of the Mongols. He traveled around China between 1271 and 1285. Much of what we know about the Yuan dynasty comes from him. He was greatly respected.14) An instrument which uses Earth's magnetic field to show direction revolutionized travel. It made trading and traveling long distances easier and safer. It was invented during the Tang dynasty.18) To provide service as a government official. The Song dynasty used this along with bureaucracy to create a better government. To be a part of this you had to take very difficult written exams. It insured that anyone with abilities, including commoners, could be a part of government. It provided much stability to the Song dynasty.19) In 1206 this powerful Mongol leader united the many Mongol tribes. His name was Temüjin, but after he became kahn (leader), he changed it to mean "Universal Ruler." In 1211 he led his powerful armies into China. By his death in 1227, most of Northern China belonged to the Mongols.
 

 

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