Chapter 7 China Builds an Empire

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  1. 3. They started the __________________.
  2. 4. _________________ established the Ming Dynasty and became its first emperor under the name Hong Wu.
  3. 6. In the early 1400s, _____________ sent a series of maritime expeditions to other civilizations.
  4. 7. In the early 1500s the Chinese traded _____,____,___________.
  5. 8. Caravan's moved along the Silk Roads, ancient trade routes stretching from China to the _______________.
  6. 9. is an educated person with a government position.
  7. 11. was a young trader from Venice.
  8. 12. By the 1430s, __________ and _____________ had died.
  9. 13. After _________________'s death in 1294, Mongol rule slowly weakened.
  10. 14. is a relating of the sea.
  11. 15. is a government that is divided into departments.
  12. 16. is a a member of a northeastern chinese people who conquered China in 1644 A.D and began the last dynasty in chinese history, called the Qing Dynasty.
  13. 17. Hong Wu rebuilt and extended the _____________________ to improve China defenses.
  14. 18. the ___________________ declined after almost 300 years in power.
  15. 20. The mongols increased foreign trade, especially along the __________________ to western markets.
  16. 21. is a chinese admiral whose extensive voyages between 1405 A.D and 1433 A.D greatly expanded China's foreign and reputation.
  17. 22. to the northeastern of China was a region called _____________.
Down
  1. 1. is a group of walled place built for the chinese emperor shortly after 1400 A.D in the capital of Beijing.
  2. 2. is a payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect.
  3. 5. One of Hong Wu's greatest achievements was the enlarging of the capital city of ____________.
  4. 7. is the period in which the Mongols controlled all of central Asia, making overland trade and travel safe.
  5. 10. means related to an empire.
  6. 12. Near ____________, the chinese used gunpowder explosives to force a local town to surrender.
  7. 15. is a mongolian leader who united the mongol tribes around 1206 A.D and began campaign of conquest forging an empire that covered northern China and central Asia.
  8. 17. In 1644, the Manchu took advantage of _________'s weakness and conquered China.
  9. 19. Zheng He sailed around southeast _________ to _________.