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Imperial China
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bureaucracy | System of appointed officials runs different parts of the government. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people (culture) to another |
| Imperial | belonging or related to an emperor |
| Dynasty | A line of rulers from the same family |
| Empress Wu | China's first and only woman emperor. |
| Ghengis Khan | Fierce warrior and first Khan of the Mongol Empire |
| Kublai Khan | United China under Mongol Rule (Yuan Dynasty) |
| Zheng He | Chinese admiral who displayed China’s shipbuilding and navigation skills through seven explorations around the Indian Ocean |
| Inoculate | To inject someone with a small portion of a virus to build up a person’s immunity |
| Tributary | a conquered country or territory that pays tribute to the conqueror |
| Civil Service Examination | a test given to qualifying candidates for positions in the government |
| Maritime Trade | the trading and shipping of goods by sea |
| Dynastic Cycle | A pattern that follows the rise and fall of a dynasty |
| Mandate of Heaven | The divine right to rule China |
| meritocracy | rule by officials of proven merit |
| Silk Road | Large trade routes stretching 4000 miles across China to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Golden Age | Time of high achievements in a culture's arts, literature, and sciences. Occurs in times of peace. |
| Grand Canal | A 1,100-mile, man-made waterway linking the Yellow River (North China) to the Yangtze River (Southern China) |
| Scholar official | civil servants who performed the day-to-day administration of China on behalf of the emperor. They were highly educated scholars and acted as government officials. |
| Mongols | nomadic group originating from the steppes of Central Asia, known for creating one of the largest empires in history |
| Isolationism | a policy of remaining apart from other groups' political affairs or interests |
| aristocrat | someone who holds a high social level |
| Woodblock printing | printing technique that involves carving an image into a wooden block and then pressing the block onto paper or cloth to transfer the image |
| Moveable type | printing method that uses individual pieces, usually containing a single letter or punctuation mark, to reproduce the elements of a document |
| Terrace farming | agricultural technique that involves carving flat areas into hills or mountains to create level platforms for growing crops |
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