Chapter 12 Lesson 2 Flashcards
Forbidden city
The palace of the Chinese emperor in beijing
China
A large country in East Asia
Mongolia
A country in northern Asia
Bejing
The capital of China
Wu Hou
First Chinese empress who ruled during the Tang dynasty and unified the empire
Genghis Khan
Mongolian leader who unified the nomadic tribes of northern Asia to form a unified Mongolia
Kublai Khan
Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol (Yuan) Dynasty
Zheng He
Chinese explorer who led seven voyages westward under the Ming Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
A dynasty that lasted from 581 to 618 in China
Tang Dynasty
A dynasty that lasted from 618 to 907 in China
Song Dynasty
A dynasty that lasted from 960 to 1279 in China
Mongol (Yuan) Dynasty
A dynasty that began with Kublai Khan’s conquest of southern China and Burma in 1287
Ming dynasty
A dynasty that lasted from 1368 to 1644 in China