China Flashcards
Artistic handwriting.
Calligraphy
Service as a government official.
Civil Service
A Chinese admiral during the Ming
Dynasty, he led great voyages that
spread China’s fame throughout
Asia.
Zheng He
Mongol ruler, he completed the
conquest of China and founded the
Yuan Dynasty.
Kublai Khan
A body of unelected government
officials.
Bureaucracy
A new form of the ideas of the
philosopher Confucius, included
Buddhist and Taoist beliefs.
Neo-Confucianism
A thin beautiful pottery invented
in China.
Porcelain
An instrument that uses the
Earth’s magnetic field to indicate
direction.
Compass
The time of disorder that followed
the collapse of the Han Dynasty in
China.
Period of Disunion
Ruler of the Mongols, he led his
people in attacks against China
and against other parts of Asia. His
name means “universal leader”.
Genghis Khan
A form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood, covered in ink, and pressed to a piece of paper to create a printed image.
Woodblock Printing
Empress of China during the Tang
Dynasty, she ruled ruthlessly and
brought prosperity to China.
Empress Wu
A policy of avoiding contact with
other countries.
Isolationism
A count of the number of people in
a country.
Census
Uncivilized people.
Barbarians
