China Ch 14

Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia

• filial piety
• Silk Road
• Great Wall
• Anyang

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism

• Samurai

• filial piety

• dynasty

Which of the following is a Chinese invention?

• School

• Paper

• Flag

• Crackers

What was the period of disunion?

• a time after the collapse of the Han dynasty

• a time after the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

Who was empress Wu?

• the emperor's servant.

• the only woman to rule China.

Woodblock printing is

• a form of printing in which an entire page is carded into a block of wood.

• was a plate made out of metal.

Chinese kept silk and porcelain making process secret because

• emperors wanted to have only important leader to have these products.

• only the Chinese knew how to make silk and porcelain, giving them control of the trade.

What was the Grand Canal built for?

• so China could benefit from more tourists.

• So that food and the army could move fast from North to South.

Which of the following best describes how the Chinese mainly used gunpowder?

• for fireworks used in celebrations.

• as a means of energy to power barges and other large boats.

What effect did having a buraccracy of scholar-officials have on the Song Dynasty?

• it created stability and and efficient government

• it created a very unstable government.