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Ms. Benson 7 chp. 7
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place |
| Confucianism | belief system based on the ideas of Confucius |
| Buddhism | Indian religion based on the beliefs of Siddhartha Gautama |
| Daoism | a belief system that seeks harmony with nature and with inner feelings |
| reunify | to bring a group together after it has been divided |
| Imperial | related to an Empire |
| bureaucracy | government divided into compartments (DMV, Department of Education) |
| scholar-official | educated person with a government position or job |
| Wood block printing | using engraved wooden blocks with enough characters to pint an entire page |
| movable type | small block of metal or wood with a single raised character |
| porcelain | hard white ceramic used for art, dishes, bowls,.. |
| Genghis Khan | Mongol ruler who conquered Northern China and Central Asia |
| Kublai Khan | Mongol ruler who controlled all of China |
| Mongol Ascendancy | period of Mongol control of Central Asia |
| Marco Polo | Venetian trader who stayed in China for 17 years |
| Forbidden City | Imperial family's walled palaces in Beijing |
| Maritime | related to the sea |
| tribute | payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect |
| Zheng He | Admiral who led a huge Chinese fleet on seven voyages |
| Manchus | people from the region northeast of China who founded the Qing Dynasty |
| When a dynasty is believed to be chosen by heaven? | Mandate of Heaven |
| Dynasty that fell because of corruption, food shortages, and nomadic invasions resulting in 361 years of chaos. | Han |
| Chinese belief system based on morality, order, and mutual respect in relationships. | Confucianism |
| Belief system Chinese adopted to deal with suffering during China's period of chaos> | Buddhism |
| What place did Buddhism originally come from? | India |
| How did Wendi of the Sui Dynasty reunify China once again? | By conquest; brought back old political traditions |
| How did the Tang emperors unify China even more? | Reduced conflict by allowing people to follow their own belief systems; built roads and canals that helped link regions with China |
| The repeating pattern of one dynasty after another gaining and the losing the Mandate of Heaven? | Dynastic Cycle |
| THE GOVERNMENT OF IMPERIAL CHINA | |
| Wealthy people chosen by the Han, Sui, and Tang Dynasty to help run government? | Aristocrats (Upper Class/Wealthy) |
| People who were educated and had to take an exam to be able to work in the China bureaucracy? | Upper class/Wealthy Scholar-officials |
| Government workers hired by the Mongol rulers to help govern China? | Trusted Foreigners and Mongols |
| A highly organized group of government officials running various departments? | Bureaucracy |
| Name for scholars who got government jobs by passing the state examination. | Scholar-officials |
| Test people had to take to get a job in Chinese government. It is still around today in many countries. | Civil Service Exam |
| Who was the Chinese philosopher whose teaching became the basis fro China's government? | Confucius |
| What dynasty allowed people from all social classes who passed the civil service test to be in government? | Song Dynasty |
| CHINA'S BOOMING ECONOMY (900-1270 AD) | |
| What were 3 agricultural changes that led to prosperity in China? | *Used pumps and canals to drain water from marshes *Built terraces and irrigated fields *Introduced new rice that grew faster |
| What were 3 reasons trade developed during this time? | *Surplus rice able to be sold *Labor specialization allowed for more people to work in trade *Improvements in travel and communication |
| Why did the Chinese develop paper money? | Large numbers of coins were heavy and difficult to carry |
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