Medieval China Review

strong Mongol leader who unified the Mongols around 1206 and started an empire that would eventually stretch from northern China to Europe

• Confucius

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese scholar Confucius

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Islam

religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Islam

a belief system that seeks harmony with nature and with inner feelings

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Islam

A government that is divided into departments

• Mongol Ascendancy

• Scholar-Official

• Bureaucracy

• Wood Block Printing

an educated person with a government position

• Mongol Ascendancy

• Scholar-Official

• Bureaucracy

• Wood Block Printing

period during which the Mongols controlled China and central Asia

• Mongol Ascendancy

• Scholar-Official

• Bureaucracy

• Wood Block Printing

The 350 years after the fall of the Han Dynasty can be characterized by:

• natural disasters and weak leadership

• growing trade with Southeast Asia

• the rise of several new religions and expanded trade.

• the expansion of China's borders to the north.

What was done in an effort to reunify China after the fall of the Han Dynasty?

• construction of the Grand Canal

• relocation of the capital

• introduce paper currency

• abandon old political traditions

The population of China grew rapidly during the Tang and Song dynasties because of

• The use of paper money

• a widespread system of education and better rice.

• irrigation and a bureaucracy of educated officials.

• better rice and advances in farming technology.