SECTION 1

TANG TAIZONG

• Second emperor of the Tang dynasty 626-649, traditionally co-funder of dynasty for encouraging Li yuan his father.

MOVABLE TYPE

• System and technology of printing and typography that uses moveable componets to reproduce the elements of a document

WU ZHAO

• Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as empress consort and empress dowanger regnant

GENTRY

• A class full of powerful, well to-do people

WENDI

• United northern and southern china, resorted a strong central government

SUI DYNASTY

• A short lived royal dynasty of china of decisive signifance

GRAND CANAL

• Began by sui dynasty oldest, and longest canal or river in the world.

HUANG HE

• Longest river in Asia also know as " The Yellow River"

CHANGE JIANG

• The longedt river of Asia; flows eastward from tibet into the east China sea near shanghai

GREAT WALL

• A strong wall 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd centery BC. avergaes 6 meters in width.

ACUPUNCTURE

• Treatment of pain or diesease by inserting. The tips of needles at specific points on the skin.

TAIZU

• An imperial temple name typically used for chinese emperors who found a particular dynasty.

FUZHOU

• A seaport, capital of Fujian province, opposite of twain.

DAOIST

• Doctrine accepted by aherents to a to a philosophy

AGRICULTURE

• Practice or growing crops or animal raising.