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Chapter Review
China
BIG IDEAS
1. The Period of Disunion was followed by reunification by rulers of the Sui, Tang,
and Song dynasties.
2. The Tang and Song dynasties were periods of economic, cultural, and
technological accomplishments.
3. Confucian thought influenced the Song government.
4. The Chinese were ruled by foreigners during the Yuan dynasty, but they threw off
Mongol rule and prospered during the Ming dynasty.
REVIEWING VOCABULARY, TERMS, AND PEOPLE
Read each description. Use the word bank to help unscramble the word that best
fits each description. Put the unscrambled word on the line provided.
compass
porcelain
bureaucracy
isolationism
gunpowder
OLTIMSNISIOA
1. _____________________ A policy of removing a
country from contact with others
ACRUAUYCRBE
2. _____________________ A body of unelected
government officials
RCELPAONI
3. _____________________ Thin, beautiful pottery
invented by the Chinese
SCPOMAS
4. _____________________ Device that uses the
earth’s magnetic field to indicate direction
RDPUGWENO
5. _____________________ Mixture of powders used
in guns and explosives
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COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING
Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with word from the word pair that best
completes each sentence.
1. An invention of the Tang dynasty that explorers used to navigate is the
________________________. (map/compass)
2. People of many cultures lived in ________________________, the capital of
the Tang dynasty. (Chang´an/Hangzhou)
3. The first foreign person to rule all of China was ________________________.
(Kublai Khan/Yang Chien)
4. The Forbidden City was built during the ________________________
dynasty. (Yuan/Ming)
REVIEWING THEMES
Read the numbered lists of terms. Fill in the blank with the theme that best fits
each list.
Themes
economics
technology and
innovation
society and
culture
religion
______________________ 1. gunpowder, compass, paper money, fast-ripening
rice
______________________ 2. Age of Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, missionaries
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REVIEW ACTIVITY: INVENTIONS/RESULTS CHART
On a separate sheet of paper, create a chart of significant inventions and
achievements of Chinese dynasties between AD 220 and 1450. Make three
columns for your chart. In the first column, write the name of the dynasty that
ruled at the time of the invention or achievement. In the second column, list the
specific invention or achievement. In the third column, write a sentence describing
the changes that occurred as a result of the invention or achievement. Include at
least five examples from as many dynasties as possible. The following chart will
help you get started.
DYNASTY
Song
Song
INVENTION/
ACHIEVEMENT
RESULTS
new irrigation
techniques
Farmers created elaborate irrigation
systems and increased cultivation of
land.
dragon-bone pump
One worker could do the work of
several farmers, which increased the
cultivation of land.
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