Medieval China Vocabulary

Grand Canal

• a man made waterway connecting northern and southern China

• a trade route reopened by the Mongols connecting Asia to Europe

• a wall created to keep out northern invaders, rebuilt during Ming Dynasty

• an very civilized person

civil

• relating to the state or government

• a basic truth or belief

• violent acts that are meant to cause fear

• an uncivlized person

disunion

• a disunited, disorderly time

• an organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose

• a basic truth or belief

• a time of great artistic achievement

Neo-Confucianism

• a new form of Confucanism; including Buddhist and Daoist beliefs

• organized system of human activity involved in the production, consumption,exchange, and distribution of goods and services

• bringing back political unity to a place of group

• new class of leaders created by the civil service exam system

economy

• a new form of Confucianism; included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs

• the way people make money and spend money

• the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although not specifically state

• an organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose

bureaucracy

• unelected body of government officials who administer day to day operations of government

• elected body of government officials who administer day to day operations of government

• rulers during a given period of time

• to bring from one belief to another

Mongols

• military leader woh rules local territories

• dominant nomadic group in central Asia

• rulers during a given period of time

• one's family and relations

steppes

• flat, dry grassland

• violent acts meant to cause fear

• to bring from one belief to another

• the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although not specifically stated

terror

• the spread of something more widely

• an uncivilized person

• violents acts that are meant to cause fear

• an uncivilized person

regime

• of or relating to an empire, emperor, or empress

• new class of leaders created by the civil service exam system

• rulers during a given time period

• moveable tents