Medieval China Vocabulary Review

The grandson of Genghis Khan who took power and defeated the Song army in 1279, giving the Mongols control over all of China. 

• Genghis Khan
• Kublai Khan
• Marco Polo
• Zheng He

The admiral of the imperial Ming dynasty who made seven voyages to India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa. 

• Genghis Khan
• Kublai Khan
• Marco Polo
• Zheng He

The Mongol leader who united the Mongol tribes around A.D. 1206 and began a campaign of conquest, forging an empire that covered northern China and Central Asia. 

• Genghis Khan
• Kublai Khan
• Marco Polo
• Zheng He

Individual characters that can be arranged to create a printing job and then used over again.         

• inoculate
• moveable type
• Daoism
• reunify

The process of protecting a person against disease by transmitting a disease-causing agent to a person to stimulate the body’s defensive reactions.  

• inoculate
• moveable type
• Daoism
• reunify

A belief system that originated in China around 500 B.C., emphasizing harmony with nature and with inner feelings. 

• inoculate
• moveable type
• Daoism
• reunify

The process of bringing together again, such as the Sui did in China. 

• inoculate
• moveable type
• Daoism
• reunify

Foreign rulers of China from Mongolia who established the Yuan dynasty.

• Mongols
• tribute
• Buddhism
• scholar-official

An educated person with a government position. 

• Mongol Ascendancy
• tribute
• Buddhism
• scholar-official

A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect. 

• Mongol Ascendancy
• tribute
• Buddhism
• scholar-official