World History Study Guide
Ch. 14
Name: ___________________________________
1.
During the Period of Disunion, cultures in China became
____________________. (410)
2.
During the Period of Disunion, many people turned to
_____________________, because to offered an escape from
suffering & achievement of peace. (412)
3.
Buddhism is one of the world’s major religions,
originating in _______________ around 500 B.C. (412)
4.
The __________________ _____________________
_______________ allowed farmers to scoop up water & pour it
into irrigation canals. (414)
5.
China’s capital & largest city of the Tang dynasty was
____________________________. (416)
6.
The Grand Canal was primarily built to allow the
Chinese to move _________________ and _________________
from distant agricultural areas into cities. (416)
7.
Chinese kept the silk-making process a secret, giving
them control of the trade.
8.
__________________________ ___________________ could
copy drawings or text quickly, much faster than they could
be copied by hand. (418)
9.
_______ ____________________ is perhaps China’s
greatest female poet. (417)
10.
_____________________ _____________ is a set of
letters or characters that can be reused and rearranged to
create new lines of text & different pages. (419)
11.
Confucius
taught that people should live by 2 life
principles: ________________ for others & appropriate
_______________________. (421)
12.
Unlike ___________________________, which stressed
ethical behavior, _______________________ stressed a more
spiritual outlook that promised escape from suffering.
(421)
13.
During the Song dynasty, its official policy became
_____________-Cunfucianism. (422)
14.
Neo- Cunfunianism is similar to Cunfucianism for it
taught proper behavior but it also emphasized
_______________________ matter. (422)
15. The bureaucracy of scholar- officials, during the Song
dynasty, created ____________________ and an efficient
government. (423)
16. During the Han dynasty, __________________________
became the official state philosophy. (421)
17.
What does Genghis Khan mean? ___________________
______________ (424)
18.
_________ ___________________________ became China’s
emperor, finding the Ming dynasty. (427)
19.
______________ _____________ became ruler of the
Mongol Empire in 1260. (425)
20.
What city was the Forbidden City built in?
(428)________________________
21.
What dynasty was the Forbidden City built? (428)
_____________________
22.
The Great Wall of China is how long? (429)
_________________miles
23.
In the 1430s a new Ming emperor banned foreign trade
creating a period of ___________________________. (430)
24. Essay: How did the Forbidden City get its name? (428)
Definitions:
Zhu Yuanzhang – a former monk who led a rebellion against
the Yuan emperor
Zheng He – the greatest sailor of the Ming dynasty
Li Bo – Great poet of the Tang dynasty
Yuan dynasty – a period in Chinese history also known as
the Mongol Ascendancy
Great Wall of China – building project that was completed
during the Ming dynasty
Mongols – nomadic people who came from the plains north of
China
Porcelain –
Compass –
Civil Service –
Isolationism –
Period of Disunion –
Dragon backbone pump –
Bureaucracy –
Confucius -