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- commerce
- the buying and selling of goods, was helped by a network of rivers and canals
- harrow
- a farm tool used to break up and even out plowed ground
- immune system
- the body's natural defense against disease
- lodestone
- pieces of a magnetic mineral that made the first Chinese compasses
- observatory
- a building designed for observing the stars and planets
- Ming rule
- started exams again, provided a well-organized government
- barge
- a long boat with a flat bottom
- mechanical clock
- the chinese developed the first mechanical clock in the eighth century
- saltpeter
- a salty, white mineral, that the Chinese believed could extend life
- Kublai Khan
- the Mongol leader, who became emperor of china in 1279. His dynasty was called the Yuan dynasty.
- gunpowder
- an explosive powder made of saltpeter and other materials
- segmental arch bridge
- a bridge supported by arches that are shallow segments (parts) of a circle
- vaccine
- a substance used to immunize people against a disease
- catapult
- a slingshot-like war machine used for shooting rocks, shells, and other objects
- chain pump
- a pump with containers attached to a loop of chain to lift water and carry it where it is wanted
- junk
- huge selling vessels that held silk, ceramics, sugar, and rice wine
- Xuan Zang
- a chinese monk who brought back thousands of Buddhist scriptures and made Buddhism widely known
- tributary
- a ruler or country that pays tribute to a conqueror
- infectious diseases
- an infectious disease is one that can spread from person to person
- alchemy
- a combination of science, magic, and philosophy that was practiced in medieval times
- Zheng He
- brought variety of foods from different countries and got more tributaries
- Mongol rule
- ended the exams and picked Mongols to fill important positions
- currency
- the form of money used in a country
- inoculate
- to protect against disease by transmitting a disease-causing agent to a person, stimulating the body's defensive reactions
- Han dynasty
- a golden age for a united China
- woodblock printing
- a technique invented by the Chinese, but the letters must be printed in backwards
- bureaucracy
- a highly organized body of workers with many levels of authority
- Six dynasties
- a period of chaos and division
- tea
- in the southern hill area, once used it only as medicine, became a social custom
- Ming dynasty
- opening up of China to foreign influences at the start of the dynasty, closing down of China by the end of the dynasty
- mass-produce
- to make similar items in quantity by using standardized designs and dividing labor amoung workers
- imperial china
- China under the rule of emperors
- maritime
- relating to the sea
- Yuan dynasty (the Mongols)
- control of China by foreigners
- urbanization
- the growth of cities, increased mostly during the Song dynasty
- civil service examination
- a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government
- porcelain
- a hard, white pottery; also called china`
- growth of cities
- the growth of commerce encouraged people to move to cities and towns because there were a lot of job offers
- confucianism
- taught that women were inferior to men
- aristocracy
- a ruling class of noble families
- kowtow
- to kneel three times and touch their heads to the floor three times each time they knelt
- Qin dynasty
- unification of china under an emperor
- Tang dynasty
- economic development and growth; many inventions and discoveries
- paddlewheel boat
- within china, people often traveled by boat on rivers or across lakes and this invention sped up this type of travel
- disninfectants
- substances such as bleach that kill germs
- grenades
- small bombs that were lit and thrown by hand
- warlord
- a military leader operating outside the control of the government
- Ming dynasty
- ming rulers wanted to protect their people from foreign influences, so they forbade travel outside of china
- Marco Polo
- an italian visiting foreigner, who gave europe first knowledge of china which influenced them to trade with asia
- paddies
- terraces in flooded fields where rice grew
- Sui dynasty
- reunification of China
- Song dynasty
- economic developmen and growth; many inventions and discoveries 2
- copper
- when the government used too much copper, making copper coins, there was a copper shortage, which led to the idea of using paper money
- typhoons
- violent storms that frequently destroyeed rice crops
- Buddhism
- a religion from India
- water transportation
- helped commerce, gave boat owners lots of business
- canal lock
- a gated chamber in a canal used to raise or lower the water level
- Five dynasties in the north and then kingdoms in the south
- a period of chaos and division
- magnetic compass
- increased overseas trade (maritime), made it easier for sailors to find their way on long voyages
- movable type
- individual characters made of wood or metal that can be arranged to create a job for printing and then used over again
- deposit shops
- where merchants trade long strings of copper coins for paper money
- foot binding
- this custom first became common during the song dynasty
- Silk Road
- the routes followed by the caravans are called the Silk Road, though many goods besides silk were traded
- meritocracy
- rule by officials of proven merit