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Chapter 10 Sec1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tang taizong | A military leader who found the Tang Dynasty |
| bureaucracy | A system of governments with many departments |
| Empress Wu | The he only women empress |
| Li Bo | A famous poet |
| Subtle | Delicate, finely detailed |
| Minimize | To reduce to as little |
| scholar-officials | highly educated civil servant who entered government only after passing special examination |
| merit system | A merit system is a process for hiring and promoting people based on talent and skills rather than on wealth or social status |
| urbanization | or the growth of cities |
| philosophy | man's rules to be and successful |
| religion | God's rules to be and successful |
| alter | to change |
| compound | combination of different chemical ingredients |
| land tenure | refers to way land is owned and distributed in a region |
| literacy | or the ability to read and write |
| money economy | economy in which people use currency rather than barter to buy and sell goods |
| porclain | a hard white pottery of extremely fine quality |