Chapter

7: China Builds An Empire (Part 2)

MONDAY
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Read pages 212-219

TUESDAY
Read pages 222-229
Use the Chapter 7 vocabulary words to complete the Chapter 7 crossword puzzle.
Nomad
Confucianism
Buddhism
Daoism
Reunify
Imperial
Bureaucracy
Scholar-official
Wood-block printing
Movable type

Porcelain
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Mongol Ascendancy
Forbidden City
Maritime
Tribute
Zheng He
Manchus

Across
3. a hard white ceramic material, often
called china.
4. the grandson of Genghis Khan who power in
southern China in 1260 C.E. and defeated the
Song army in 1279, giving Mongols control
over all of China.
7. the period in which the Mongols controlled
all of Central Asia making overland trade and
travel safe.
11. a member of northeastern Chinese people
who conquerored China in 1644 C.E., and began
the last dynasty in Chinese history, called
the Qing Dynasty.
12. relating to the sea.
13. a Mongol leader who united the Mongol
tribes around 1206 C.E. and began a campaign
of conquest, forging an empire that covered
northern China and Central Asia.
15. relating to an empire or emperor.
16. a payment made by one country to another
as a sign of respect.
17. to bring together again.
18. a system of departments and agencies that
carry out the work of government.

Down
1. a belief system based on the teachings of
Confucius a scholar who taught moral virtues
and ethics.
2. a printing system developed by the ancient
Chinese, in which wood blocks were carved
with enough characters to print entire pages.
5. a belief system based on the teachings of
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, which stress
freeing oneself from worldly desires.
6. an educated person with a government
position.
7. a small block of metal or wood with a
single raised character, used for printing
texts.
8. a belief system that originated in China
around 500 B.C.E. emphasizing harmony with
nature and with inner feelings.
9. a Chinese admiral whose extensive voyages
between 1405 C.E. and 1433 C.E. greatly
expanded Chinas foreign trade and
reputation.
10. a group of walled palaces built for the
Chinese emperor shortly after the 1400 C.E.
14. a person who moves from place to place
rather than settling permanently.

WEDNESDAY
Read pages 232-237
Letter to the Emperor
a) Imagine you are an advisor to the Emperor/Empress of China.
b) Write a letter (8 or more sentences) providing advice on what the Emperor/Empress should do
about an important issue.
THURSDAY
Read pages 238-242
Chapter 7 Review Questions, Part 2
a) Write 10 review questions about China Builds an Empire
b) Answer 10 review questions.