China Notes
Name: _____________________________________________________ Period: _____
Section 1: China Reunifies
1. A Chinese family that rules for many generations is called a _________________________.
2. The time period where China was broken up into THREE warring kingdoms is called the
___________ ___ _____________________.
3. The three warring kingdoms were called ______, ______ and _______.
4. After awhile a new dynasty would come together and bring the kingdoms back together again.
This dynasty was called the ____________.
5. One amazing thing this dynasty did was build a huge canal that connected north and south
China. It was called the _______________ __________________.
6. The second big dynasty to come along was the ___________ Dynasty. This dynasty made China
bigger through conquest!
7. One of the most famous leaders of the ___________ Dynasty was a woman named
_____________________________. She was the only queen ever to rule China!!!
8. The third of the big three dynasties to come along after China reunified was the
_______________ Dynasty. This dynasty brought a new religion into China, called
________________________.
9. Name the 3 big points of BUDDHISM:
 Point 1:
 Point 2:
 Point 3:
Section 2: Tang and Song Achievements
1. The Tang invented some pretty neat stuff. One thing was the ________________________
pump, which made it easier to irrigate fields. Also, the Tang started to grow _______, which was
made into a tasty drink.
2. Tang China’s capital city was called _______________________.
3. The Tang also traded a valuable resource, a soft type of clothing called ___________, which was
made from a special kind of worm’s cocoon.
4. A word that means “trading by sea” is _____________________.
5. Another Tang invention was a special kind of pottery called _____________________.
6. A special kind of porcelain, covered in green glaze, was called ______________________.
7. The Chinese also invented ________________, used to write on. Also, they invented a special
kind of printing called _________________________________________, where small blocks of
wood are used to print symbols on paper.
8. The Chinese also came up with a substance called ______________________, which was used in
fireworks and rockets.
9. To make sure that ships could find their way on the seas, an invention called the
__________________ was used. It used a magnet.
Section 3: Confucianism and Government
1. A special kind of thinking was used in the Song Dynasty government, called
_______________________. It was a philosophy, or way of thinking, started by a man named
_____________________.
2. This way of thinking had TWO PRINCIPLES. Confucius (and Chinese leaders) thought that these
ideas worked best in government and for all people!
List them here:
 Principle 1:
 Principle 2:
3. To make things run smoothly, Chinese government formed something called a
______________________________, or huge group of unelected government officials
who do all the work of the government.
4. To become part of the government, you had to take a series of very hard tests, called
___________________________________________. If you passed, you became part of the
_________________ ________________. This meant you were worked for the government!
5. The highest (and smartest) of the government officials were called _____________-___________________, or an educated member of the government. You had very high standing
in society because of your smarts!
Section 4: Yuan and Ming Dynasties
1. For years, China was ruled by Chinese. However, there were groups of _____________________
raiders (like Rome’s barbarians), that attacked it all the time. The worst bunch of these raiders
were called the _____________________.
2. The Mongols had a powerful leader. His title was “______________, “ which means “universal
leader!”
3. Their leader’s name was ________________ ______________. He led his armies to defeat China
and build a huge empire!!!
4. The Mongols came to rule China, and were ruled by Genghis Khan’s grandson,
named________________________________. He started the _________________ Dynasty, a
dynasty of rulers who WERE NOT CHINESE!!! The Chinese didn’t like them very much.
5. The Yuan Dynasty tried to invade the island of _________________________, and failed many
times!!!!
6. The Chinese finally overthrew the Yuan/Mongols and started a new Chinese dynasty called the
__________________ Dynasty! This dynasty was very prosperous and stayed around for several
hundred years!
7. Under the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese went exploring and trading on the ocean. The name of the
famous admiral who led huge fleets of boats out to explore and trade was named
_____________________________.
8. Chinese boats were/are called __________________.
9. The Ming emperor also built a HUGE city complex in what is today modern Beijing. It is called
the ________________________ ____________________________. It was like a small city
where all the government workers and emperor lived!
10. Government officials who went out and made sure that people were doing what they were
supposed to were called _____________________.
11. After a while, the Ming Dynasty decided it didn’t want to deal with the rest of the world. They
wanted to be alone. The process of being alone as a country is called
_____________________________________.