Chapter 12 Vocabulary Test 8th World History
  • 1. - A general who declared himself emperor in A.D. 581 when China reunited and he founded a new dynasty called Sui.
A) Empress Wu
B) Reform
C) Warlord
D) Economy
E) Wendi
  • 2. - A forceful leader who added more officials to the government, strengthened China’s military forces, and she was the only woman in Chinese history to rule the country on her own.
A) Reform
B) Economy
C) Wendi
D) Empress Wu
E) Warlord
  • 3. - Military leaders who run a government.
A) Warlord
B) Empress Wu
C) Economy
D) Wendi
E) Reform
  • 4. - An organized way in which people produce.
A) Economy
B) Reform
C) Warlord
D) Empress Wu
E) Wendi
  • 5. - Changes that brought improvements.
A) Reform
B) Wendi
C) Economy
D) Warlord
E) Empress Wu
  • 6. - Where Buddhists lived to meditate and worship.
A) Calligraphy
B) Monastery
C) Du Fu
D) Li Bo
E) Porcelain
  • 7. - One of the most popular poets of the Tang Era.
A) Porcelain
B) Li Bo
C) Calligraphy
D) Du Fu
E) Monastery
  • 8. - Another favorite poet of that era who was a poor civil servant who had a hard life.
A) Calligraphy
B) Monastery
C) Li Bo
D) Porcelain
E) Du Fu
  • 9. - Fine clay that is baked at high temperatures.
A) Calligraphy
B) Monastery
C) Porcelain
D) Li Bo
E) Du Fu
  • 10. - Beautiful characters that are written with a brush and ink.
A) Du Fu
B) Calligraphy
C) Porcelain
D) Monastery
E) Li Bo
  • 11. - What Temujin was elected at the meaning which means “strong ruler” who brought together Mongol laws in a new code.
A) Genghis Khan
B) Kublai Khan
C) Marco Polo
D) Steppe
E) Tribe
  • 12. - Genghis Khan’s grandson who was a ruler who continued the Mongol conquest of China that his father had begun.
A) Genghis Khan
B) Marco Polo
C) Kublai Khan
D) Steppe
E) Tribe
  • 13. - One of the most famous European travelers who reached China who came from Venice in Italy.
A) Marco Polo
B) Tribe
C) Kublai Khan
D) Genghis Khan
E) Steppe
  • 14. - Groups of related families.
A) Marco Polo
B) Steppe
C) Tribe
D) Kublai Khan
E) Genghis Khan
  • 15. - Wide, rolling, grassy plains that stretch from the Black Sea to northern China.
A) Tribe
B) Marco Polo
C) Genghis Khan
D) Steppe
E) Kublai Khan
  • 16. - Refers to violent actions that are meant to scare people into surrendering or giving up.
A) Terror
B) Yong Le
C) Treason
D) Zheng He
E) Zhu Yuanzhang
  • 17. - A rebel leader who became emperor.
A) Zheng He
B) Zhu Yuanzhang
C) Terror
D) Yong Le
E) Treason
  • 18. - Hong Wu’s son who became emperor after Hong Wu died.
A) Treason
B) Terror
C) Yong Le
D) Zheng He
E) Zhu Yuanzhang
  • 19. - A Chinese Muslim and court official whose voyages were quite impressive.
A) Zheng He
B) Treason
C) Terror
D) Yong Le
E) Zhu Yuanzhang
  • 20. - Disloyalty to the government.
A) Terror
B) Yong Le
C) Treason
D) Zhu Yuanzhang
E) Zheng He
  • 21. - A count of the number of people.
A) Yong Le
B) Census
C) Novel
D) Zheng He
E) Barbarian
  • 22. - Long fictional stories.
A) Census
B) Novel
C) Barbarian
D) Yong Le
E) Zheng He
  • 23. - Uncivilized people.
A) Barbarian
B) Census
C) Zheng He
D) Novel
E) Yong Le
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