Unit 5 Vocabulary

2. A native or inhabitant of Magnolia; a Mongolian
5. One of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages
7. The ruling dynasty of China-then known as the Great Ming Empire-for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongoled Yuan dynasty
8. The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China
11. The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
13. Payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence
14. An imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
15. who vastly increased the authority of the Han dynasty and extended Chinese influence abroad
17. The common name given to a series of fortifications made of stone,brick,tamped earth,wood, and other materials generally built along east-to-west line across the historicals northern borders of china
18. Believes in the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius
19. He became Zheng, the King of Qin when he was thirteen, then China's first emperor when he was 38 after the Qin had conquered all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 BC
20. Another term for seismograph

1. Chinese dynasty that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
3. Was the longest lasting of ancient China’s dynasties
4. A time of great social and economic change, the period in large measure shaped the intellectual and political climate of China down to the twentieth century
6. A virtue of respect for one’s parent, elders, and ancestors.
7. Another term for compass
9. A Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu
10. Khan Whose emperor stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean
12. A chinese philosopher credited with founding the philosophical system of Taoism
16. A system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by confucius and developed by Mencius