Early China Review

6. The name for the secretive palace of the Ming Emperors
7. Early Chinese often worshipped the spirits in heaven of these dead family members
10. This magnetic device allowed Chinese sailors and traders to navigate
12. the teachings of Confucius are written down in the ___
14. Chinese name for the massive ships built to explore the oceans
17. Famous ancient trade route of goods and ideas across Asia
18. This philosophy believes in harmony with nature, balance
22. This philosophy believes in punishment and rewards
23. The Ming emperor accepted the advice of his _______ scholar & official advisors to stop the treasure fleet voyages
24. This structure was built to protect China from Northern invaders
26. Name for a line of rulers from the same family
30. To work for the government, you had to pass one of these confucian exams
32. Created by Confucius to organize society in the proper order
34. Invented during the Han Dynasty, made from wood pulp
35. The dynasty best known for uniting and standardizing China
37. Italian trader who visited China during the Yuan Dynasty
38. first of two golden age dynasties in China
39. The Confucian concept of being a good person

1. Prized white and blue Chinese pottery
2. The _____ Period was 250 years of civil war at the end of the Zhou but before the Qin Dynasty
3. Dynasty that built the forbidden city but then isolated from the rest of the world
4. Explorer/admiral sailor who made seven huge voyages with his treasure fleet
5. Fertile yellow colored silt deposited by the Yellow River
8. Grandson of Ghenghis Khan who ruled China's Yuan Dynasty
9. second of two golden age dynasties of China
11. Good rulers were given the blessing of the gods to rule
13. Mongol invention that allowed them to fire arrows from horseback
15. Used by Shang Dynasty priests for fortune telling
16. Empire founded by Ghengis Khan in Central Asia
19. Term used for when Shi Huangdi made all writing, roads, weights and measures the same
20. "Flying _____", invented during the Tang dynasty using paper
21. The Chinese name for the dynasty ruled by the Mongols
25. Clay _______ Warriors built by Shi Huangdi to guard him in the afterlife
27. This Confucian term means 'respect for parents'
28. The term for the rise, fall, and rise of dynasties
29. important grain crop grown in flooded fields
31. Chinese philosopher who wanted to put society back in order the way it used to be
33. The first emperor of China who ruled with legalist policies
36. Famous Chinese invention that powered fireworks and rockets