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| 3644206455 | Period of Disunion | the time of disorder that followed the collapse of the Han |  | 0 |
| 3644218992 | Grand Canal | a canal linking northern and southern China |  | 1 |
| 3644248657 | Empress Wu | the only woman to rule China |  | 2 |
| 3644262991 | porcelain | a thin, beautiful type of pottery |  | 3 |
| 3644276983 | woodblock printing | a form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood |  | 4 |
| 3644296257 | gunpowder | a mixture of powders used in guns and explosives |  | 5 |
| 3644304823 | compass | an instrument which uses the earth's magnetic field to show direction |  | 6 |
| 3644316518 | bureaucracy | a body of unelected government officials |  | 7 |
| 3644340376 | civil service | service as a government official; people took the Civil Service Exam to earn a position as a scholar-official |  | 8 |
| 3644356479 | scholar-official | Educated government workers who were elite members of society |  | 9 |
| 3644366124 | Genghis Khan | ruler of the Mongols,he led his people in attacks against China and against other parts of Asia. His name means "universal ruler" |  | 10 |
| 3644391288 | Kublai Khan | Genghis Khan's grandson. Mongol ruler,he completed the conquest of China and founded the Yuan dynasty |  | 11 |
| 3644416352 | Zheng He | Chinese admiral during the Ming dynasty,he led great voyages that spread China's fame throughout Asia |  | 12 |
| 3644427912 | isolationism | a policy of avoiding contact with other countries |  | 13 |
| 3691489150 | aristocracy | Government controlled by a small group of wealthy landowners |  | 14 |
| 3691493464 | meritocracy | Government in which officials are elected based on their accomplishments |  | 15 |
