chapter 7 Ancient China
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the 5 dynastys of China are
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Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming
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Historians sometimes call the time of disorder that followed the collapse of the Han dynasty
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Period of Disunion
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Grand Canal
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a canal linking norhtern and southern China
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Porcelain
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a thin, beautiful type of pottery
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Woodblock printing
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a form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood
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gunpowder
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is a mixture of powder used in guns and explosives, the Chinese used it for fireworks, small bombs ,and rockets.
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compass
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an instrument, which uses the magnetic feild to show direction
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bureacracy
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or a body of unelected government officials
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civil service
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means service as a government official
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scholar- official
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an educated member of the government
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during the Period of Disunion what happened when different cultures mixed?
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new types of art and music, and new foodfs and clothing became popular.Formed a new culture.
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why did so many people turn to Buddhism during the Period of Disunion?
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they thought that they would escape suffering and achieve a state of peace.
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During the Tang dynasty farmers fed 60 million people and during they Song dynasty they fed 100 million people, what happened?
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more people moved there because food became plentiful.
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the capital of China , and the largest city in the world at that time was
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Chang'an
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The Grand Canal was built in what dynasty?
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It was built during the Sui dynasty.
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isolationism
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a policy of removing a country from contact with others.
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the magnetic compass
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was created in the Han dynasty, but greatly improved in the Tang dynasty.
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The first foriegn person to rule all of China was
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Kublai Khan
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the forbidden City was built during the - dynasty
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Ming dynasty
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one of the main reason China's population grew was because
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food became plentiful
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Advanced printing inventions limit the use of another Chinese invention -paper money
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so much money was printed, it lost value
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the great wall was built to
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protect china from invaders
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the founder of the Ming Dynasty is
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Zhu Yuanzhang.
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North china plain
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worlds largest delta is formed here by the Haung He's flooding
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Gobi desert
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desert in the Norhtern China
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dynasty
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a succession of rulers who all come from the same family
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emperor
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supreme ruler of an empire
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Great wall of china
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was built during thr Ming dynasty to protect the Northern borders it is 5,500 miles long.3889 miles is wall mand the remainder of it is trenches and natural barriers such as hills and mountains.
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ancester
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a relitive who lived longer than a grandparent
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north China climate
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is cold and dry
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South China climate
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is warm and wet
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Haung He river
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also known as Yellow River, most muddiest river in the world, its flooding caused many deaths beside it.
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Dynasies of China are
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Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han,Sui,Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming.
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foriegners
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person for whom ancient Chinese developed contempt
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Chang Jiang
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southernmost of China's two greatest rivers
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Yellow Sea
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large sea on China's eastern boundry
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Himalyes
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mountains northeast of India and southwestern part of China
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cotton
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crop used to make cloth, first grown by Harappans
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Silkworms
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creatures that produce silk
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Agriculture
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main economic base of the Shang Dynasty
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Chang river
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the longest river in China.
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Genghis Khan
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conquered a large portion of Asia and northern China by the time he died.
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Kublai Khan
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declared himself emperor of the Mongol Empire after his grandfather died (Genghis Khan)
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Zheng He
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between 1405 and 1433 he led seven grand voyages to places around Asia.
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Empress Wu
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is the only woman to rule China. Her methods were sometimes vicious, but she was intelligent and talented.
