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Ch10 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Tang taizong | Military leader who found the Tang Dynasty |
Bureaucracy | A system of government with many departments and bureaus all headed by appointed officials |
Empress Wu | Was the only woman emperor in Chinese history |
Li Bo | He typically wrote in a playful, easygoing style. |
Scholar-official | Highly educated civil servants who entered government only after passing special examinations. |
Merit system | A process for hiring and promoting people based on talent and skills, rather than on wealth or social status. |
Urbanization | Along with economic growth came urbanization, or the growth of cities. |
Subtle | Delicate, finally detailed |
Minimize | To reduce to as little or as few as possible |
Nirvana | Is a state of complete peace. |
Wuzong | |
Zhu Xi | Was the most famous Neo-Confucian thinker. |
Land tenure | Refers to the way land is owned and distributed in a region. |
Literacy | Literacy or the ability to read and write. |
Money economy | In which people use currency rather than barter to buy and sell goods. |
Porcelain | A hard white pottery of extremely fine quality |