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5. Early Dynasties Chinese Society Ming Dynasty Chinese Innovations Random Category 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points Mongols in China

6. They are the three early dynasties, in order, that we discussed in section 1

7. Sui, Tang, Song

8. These two infrastructure improvements happened under the Sui

9. Repairing the Great Wall; building the Grand Canal

10. Under Taizong of the Tang, the government improved because they did this

11. Brought back civil service exams

12. During the Song dynasty, this taught that you could escape your misery, and so became popular

13. Buddhism

14. This was the only female empress to rule China, and the dynasty she ruled

15. Empress Wu; Tang dynasty

16. These three trade goods helped make China wealthy

17. Silk, porcelain, tea

18. The main reason China’s population increased during this time period was this

19. New strains of rice that grew faster in poor soil; new farming techniques

20. Steel was accidentally discovered this way

21. By burning coal in furnaces

22. Chinese printing was innovated by using this method

23. Carving wood blocks into individual characters that could then be rearranged to mass produce books

24. The Chinese came up with these two sailing innovations, allowing them to travel further distances (hint: it’s not the BIG ship!)

25. Improved rudder and compass

26. The two things Mongols are most known for

27. Horsemanship and being warlike/ using terror

28. It’s the title of the main ruler, and his original name

29. Genghis Khan; Temujin

30. He is Genghis Khan’s most famous grandson

31. Kublai Khan

32. It is the name of the dynasty that the Mongols put in when they conquered China

33. Yuan Dynasty

34. These are the desert they originated in, the grasslands they grazed their horses on, and the sea they spread to in the west

35. Gobi; steppes; Caspian

36. The people who drove out the Mongols did not like that the Mongols had managed the government in this way

37. Mongol leaders on top with their own culture– Chinese scholar-officials ran everything else

38. Zhu Yuanzhang moved the capital from this city to this other city

39. Beijing to Nanjing

40. Hong Wu led for 30 years, and was known for leading in this way

41. He killed all his rivals and others he accused of treason

42. He is famous for his seven sea voyages

43. Zheng He

44. It’s the probable reason that Zheng He’s fleet was destroyed, and the possible impact

45. Confucianism; they became a closed society instead of a dominant superpower

46. It’s how silk is made

47. By boiling and weaving the cocoons of silkworms

48. It’s how paper is made

49. By mixing wood pulp and other materials in boiling water and pulling a screen through it, then letting it dry

50. Chinese artists used this type of beautiful writing on their artwork

51. Calligraphy

52. This predecessor to the gun was very terrifying in battle

53. Fire lance

54. This is how porcelain is made

55. By firing very fine clay at high temperatures

56. Where a Buddhist monk lives

57. Monastery

58. Stop the anarchy! This man did in A.D. 581, starting the Sui dynasty

59. Wendi

60. This group always seemed to be on the bottom of society– getting taxed, getting worked, and eventually getting even…

61. Farmers

62. They are three examples of cultural prosperity that happen in a society when it is prosperous and safe

63. Art, architecture, novels, plays, etc.

64. This group from the north were given credit for sacking Beijing and ending the Ming empire

65. Manchu, from Manchuria

66. Make your wager

67. List the four biggest innovations in Chinese society and their impact on history

68. Final Question