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Key Content/Core Terms
Term | Definition |
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commerce | trade, or the buying and selling of goods on a large scale;business |
economy | the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. |
agriculture | practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. |
urbanization | the growth of cities |
Grand Canal | longest canal or artificial river in the world; connects Beijing to Hangzhou; Yellow River withYangtze River |
paddies | flooded fields use for growing rice |
currency | the form of money used in a country; China developed a paper currency before others |
junk | developed during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) and were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century CE. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages. (Voyages of Zheng He) |
stimulated | to encourage the growth or activity of something |
harrow | farm tool used to break up and even out plowed ground |
chain pump | Chinese mechanical invention used to move water to places that needed it |