Key Terms & People of the Tang Dynasty

Who was the great emperor of the Tang Dynasty who secured his throne by having his 2 brothers and sons executed?

• Tang Taizong
• Wu Zhao

• Li Bo

• Confucious

Who was the only woman in China ever to assume the title of emperor?

• Kublai Khan

• Li Sixun

• Wu Zhao

• Hua Mulan

What are movable type wood or metal blocks used for?

• Storing food supplies

• Recording laws on stone tablets

• Transmitting signals in battle

• Printing pages

What term describes a class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status?

What is a pastoralist?

• A merchant who trades silk

• A soldier in the Tang army

• A member of a nomadic group who herds domesticated animals

• A scholar in ancient China

What is a clan?

• Military alliances

• Trade partnership

• Group of people united by a common ancestor

• Religious beliefs

Genghis Khan is best known for...

• Building the Great Wall of China

• Forging the Mongol tribes into a powerful empire

• Establishing the Silla dynasty

• Writing a code of laws

What does Pax Mongolica refer to?

• The unification of Korea

• The rise of the Tang dynasty

• The fall of the Koryu dynasty

• A period of peace under Mongol rule

Who was Kublai Khan?

• A Japanese feudal lord

• The first emperor of the Tang dynasty

• The grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Yuan dynasty

• A Venetian explorer

Marco Polo is famous for...

• Inventing movable type

• Building Angkor Wat

• Serving Kublai Khan and documenting his travels

• Leading Mongol armies in China