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china stuff
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what were 3 agricultural changes that led to prosperity in china? | faster growing rice,rice patties,terrace farming |
| Name 3 reasons trade developed during this time? | system of river and canals |
| Define development of a city | urbanization |
| what caused cities to develop in china? | Trade |
| why did the Chinese develop paper money? | copper resources were limited |
| Name a Chinese advancement and how it influenced china? | gunpowder-used to propells bullets |
| why did china trade mostly by sea? | difficult land for travelers to cross |
| What mountain protected china? | Himalaya |
| What nations traded with china? | Arabia,India,Persia,Korea,Japan,and Africa |
| What nation bordered China to the north? | Mongolia |
| What river in southern china supported water for rice farming? | Chang River |
| Define Mandate of heaven? | when a dynasty is chosen by the heavens |
| Dynasty that fell because of food,corruption,shortages,and nomad invaders | Han |
| Belief system china adopted to deal with suffering | buddhism |
| Belief system china based on mortality,order,and mutual respect? | confucianism |
| what place did Buddhism originate from? | India |
| what Chinese belief system blended with Confucianism? | Taoism |
| how did Wendi of the Sui dynasty reunify china? | restored traditions |
| How did Tang emperors reunify china | expanding roads and canals |
| Define the dynastic cycle | repeating pattern of one dynasty after another |
| what were three types of people that were chosen to work n the dynasties bureaucracy? | Aristocrats,scholars,and foreigners |
| what wealthy people were chosen in several dynasty's to run the government? | aristocrats |
| what type of people were educated and could work in the bureaucracy | scholars |
| government workers hired by the mongol rulers to help China? | foreigners |
| a highly organized group of government officials running various departments? | bureaucracy |
| name for government officials who got the job by passing the exams? | scholar officials |
| test people had to take to get the job? | civil service exam |
| who was the chines philosopher who teaching became the basis for Chinese governments? | confucious |
| what did the Ming dynasty do? | allowed people from all social classes to take the exam |
| who was the founder of the mongol empire? | Genghis Kan |
| how far did the mongol empire stretch? | from china to southwest asia |
| who was the later mongol leader? | Kublai khan |
| how did Kublai Khan improve china? | protected trade |
| who was the famous explorer who traded on the silk road? | Marco polo |
| how did the mongols fight? | on horseback |
| what effect did the mongol empire have on trade? | opened up trade between Europe and asia |
| what dynasty overthrew he Mongols? | Ming |
| who started the Ming dynasty? | Hong wu |
| what Ming emperor built the forbidden city? | yongle |
| why were Beijing royal buildings and palaces called the forbidden city? | commoners and foreigners were not allowed to enter it |
| What admiral sailed china's fleet to the southeast? | Zheng He |
| why did Zheng he travel for china? | to establish trade |
| what was rebuilt to protect the Ming capital? | the great wall of china |
| what factors led to the decline of the Ming dynasty? | weak rulers,high taxes,and poor harvests |
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