Medieval China Vocab

A system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills rather than social status

• caste

• bureaucracy

• merit system

• tribute

A philosophy that originated in China; focus is on helping the poor.

• Christianity

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

Land and sea routes connecting Europe and Asia

• Spice Routes

• Silk Road

• Indian Ocean trade

• Trans-Saharan trade

A series of rulers or leaders who are all from the same family

• Lord

• King

• Dynasty

• President

Religion that spread through the Silk Road; originated in India

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Animism

Man made waterway system connecting the two main rivers in China

• Yangtze

• Panama Canal

• Grand Canal

• Chang River

The Grand Canal was a major achievement of:

• the Sui dynasty

• the Tang dynasty

• the Song dynasty

• the Huang dynasty

China’s Period of Disunion led to the rise of which religion?

• Buddhism
• Hindhuism
• Confucianism

• Islam

The creation of this invention allowed for longer sea voyages and it was also a more accurate compass for directions.

• canal lock

• paddlewheel boat

• gunpowder

• magnetic compass

What Chinese invention changed the type of weapons people used in war?

• the crossbow

• the sword

• gunpowder

• steel