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Final Jeopardy
Early
Dynasties
Chinese
Society
Mongols
in China
Ming
Dynasty
Chinese
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Innovations Category
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They are the three
early dynasties, in
order, that we
discussed in
section 1
Sui, Tang, Song
These two
infrastructure
improvements
happened under
the Sui
Repairing the
Great Wall;
building the
Grand Canal
Under Taizong of
the Tang, the
government
improved because
they did this
Brought back civil
service exams
During the Song
dynasty, this taught
that you could escape
your misery, and so
became popular
Buddhism
This was the only
female empress to
rule China, and the
dynasty she ruled
Empress Wu; Tang
dynasty
These three trade
goods helped make
China wealthy
Silk, porcelain, tea
The main reason
China’s population
increased during
this time period
was this
New strains of rice
that grew faster in
poor soil; new
farming techniques
Steel was
accidentally
discovered this way
By burning coal in
furnaces
Chinese printing
was innovated by
using this method
Carving wood blocks
into individual
characters that could
then be rearranged to
mass produce books
The Chinese came up with
these two sailing
innovations, allowing them
to travel further distances
(hint: it’s not the BIG
ship!)
Improved rudder
and compass
The two things
Mongols are most
known for
Horsemanship and
being warlike/
using terror
It’s the title of the
main ruler, and his
original name
Genghis Khan;
Temujin
He is Genghis
Khan’s most
famous grandson
Kublai Khan
It is the name of the
dynasty that the
Mongols put in
when they
conquered China
Yuan Dynasty
These are the desert they
originated in, the
grasslands they grazed
their horses on, and the
sea they spread to in the
west
Gobi; steppes;
Caspian
The people who drove out
the Mongols did not like
that the Mongols had
managed the government
in this way
Mongol leaders on top
with their own culture–
Chinese scholar-officials
ran everything else
Zhu Yuanzhang
moved the capital
from this city to
this other city
Beijing to Nanjing
Hong Wu led for
30 years, and was
known for leading
in this way
He killed all his
rivals and others
he accused of
treason
He is famous for his
seven sea voyages
Zheng He
It’s the probable reason
that Zheng He’s fleet
was destroyed, and the
possible impact
Confucianism; they
became a closed society
instead of a dominant
superpower
It’s how silk is
made
By boiling and
weaving the
cocoons of
silkworms
It’s how paper is
made
By mixing wood pulp and
other materials in boiling
water and pulling a screen
through it, then letting it
dry
Chinese artists
used this type of
beautiful writing
on their artwork
Calligraphy
This predecessor to
the gun was very
terrifying in battle
Fire lance
This is how
porcelain is made
By firing very fine
clay at high
temperatures
Where a Buddhist
monk lives
Monastery
Stop the anarchy!
This man did in
A.D. 581, starting
the Sui dynasty
Wendi
This group always seemed to
be on the bottom of society–
getting taxed, getting
worked, and eventually
getting even…
Farmers
They are three examples
of cultural prosperity
that happen in a society
when it is prosperous
and safe
Art, architecture,
novels, plays, etc.
This group from the
north were given credit
for sacking Beijing and
ending the Ming empire
Manchu, from
Manchuria
Make your wager
List the four
biggest innovations
in Chinese society
and their impact
on history
Final Question