China Lesson 3 Mongols and Ming

founder of Mongolian empire

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

Kublai founded this dynasty

• Yuan

• Ming

• Qin

Kublai tried to invade this country, but failed

• Japan

• Korea

Dadu was

• capital city of Kublai

• foreigner who worked for Kublai

Admiral who led exploration during Ming

• Zheng Hu

• Zhu Yuanzhang

polici that prevented China from contacts with west

• imperialism

• isolationism

What did Kublai do?

• increased taxes on Chinese

• Built Forbidden City

• Attacked Japan

• Employed foreigners

• protected trade routes

Palace built by Ming

• Forbidden City

• Beijing City

What prevented Mongols form conquest of China

• Hymalayas

• Deserts

European who wrote about China after working with Kublai

• Marco Polo

• Ignatius of Loyola