Mongol Dynasty in China Vocabulary

What is an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire

• Silk Road

• Paper

What was a series of policies restricting private trading by boat?

• Compass

• Haijin

What was a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China

• Porcelain

• Gunpowder

What was a written exam used to select high ranking government officials in China (includes memorization of teachings of Confucius), highly competitive and results in an educated bureaucracy

• Tea

• Confucian Exam System

What was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs, shot, and bullets.

• Gunpowder

• Paper

What was a form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood

• Woodblock Printing

• Compass

What was the product taxed under the Townshend Acts that generated the greatest colonial resistance?

• Porcelain

• Tea

What was the material that is used in the form of thin sheets for writing

• Paper

• Haijin

What was an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

• Compass

• Tea

What was a system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service?

• Gunpowder

• Civil Service