China Flashcards

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