| A | B |
|---|
| a mongol ruler | khan |
| a device used to hurl heavy rocks | catapult |
| united the Mongols under his rule in 1206 | Genghis Khan |
| a large, dry, grass-covered plain | steppe |
| 20 years after Genghis Khan conquered northern China, his grandson conquered southern China. He was: | Kublai Khan |
| this Italian visited China for seventeen years, and upon his return to Europe, wrote a book about the splendor of China | Marco Polo |
| he founded the Ming Dynasty | Hongwu |
| a bad, cruel ruler; a tyrant | despot |
| disloyal actions against the state | treason |
| a country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation | tributary state |
| a custom that required touching the ground with one's forehead as a sign of respect | kowtow |
| this Chinese official assembled a fleet of ships that eventually sailed as far as Africa | Zheng He |
| resistant to change | conservative |
| a large round-bottomed pan | wok |
| an animal used to pull a load, such as a wagon or a plow | draft animal |
| the son of Hongwu, he moved the capital of China to Beijing | Yongle |
| a rise to a position of power | ascendancy |
