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| 14232046038 | Li Qingzhao (1084-1151) | Famous woman poet of the Song dynasty who wrote a first-person memoir about her marriage to Zhao Mingcheng. | 0 | |
| 14232063183 | Song dynasty | (970-1276) Dynasty that ruled a united China | 1 | |
| 14232070907 | Jin dynasty | (1115-1234) Dynasty of the Jurchen people of Manchuria that ruled north China from 1127-1234, when the Mongols defeated their armies | 2 | |
| 14232081674 | Gunpowder | Mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal used by the Chinese for fireworks and explosive weapons. | 3 | |
| 14232085489 | Paper money | Money that could be used instead of bronze coins; issued around 100 by the Song dynasty, the first government in world history to do so. | 4 | |
| 14232089482 | New Policies | Reforms, implemented between 1069 and 1086, that included paying all government salaries in money and extending low-interest loans to poor peasants. | 5 | |
| 14232100342 | Movable type | Printing method first developed in China after 1040 by printers who arranged reusable individual characters on the page. | 6 | |
| 14232106664 | Advanced scholar | The highest degree given by the government to the top-scoring examination candidates. | 7 | |
| 14232114555 | Shadow privilege | Privilege extended to sons and relatives of Song dynasty officials, allowing them to take a less competitive series of examinations. | 8 | |
| 14232119622 | Zhu Xi | (1130-1200) The leading thinker of Neo-Confucianism, who wrote a commentary on The Four Books. | 9 | |
| 14232132179 | Neo-Confucianism | Teachings of the thinker Zhu Xi and his followers that urged students to apprehend the principle in psychophysical stuff, or qi. | 10 | |
| 14232137093 | Steel-needle compass | a navigational instrument made by floating a magnetized steel needle in water: since the magnetized needle pointed north, sailors knew where to go. | 11 | |
| 14232141981 | Zhao Rugua | (fl. 1225) Author of The Description of Foreign Peoples, a compendium of information about China's closest trading partners in East Asia and distant places such as the east coasts of Africa and Spain. | 12 | |
| 14232147840 | Ly dynasty | (1009-1224) the independent rulers of Vietnam who adopted the Tang Code in 1042. | 13 | |
| 14232150334 | Koryo dynasty | (936-1392) dynasty that gave its name to the modern country of Korea, whose founder adopted Tang governing models. | 14 | |
| 14232155805 | Shogun | an all powerful military leader governing on behalf of the emperor. | 15 | |
| 14232163948 | Zen Buddhism | a japanese school of buddhism that emphasized attaining enlightenment through medition. | 16 |
