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APWH Unit 1 Exam
Global tapestry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What years do these question span? | 1200 C.E. - 1450 C.E. |
| China (political) | Song dynasty ruled through bureaucracy, meritocracy, and civil service exam. |
| Meritocracy | a social or governmental system where power, positions, and status are awarded based on individual ability, talent, and effort rather than inherited privilege or wealth |
| China (innovations in agriculture) | Grand canal, champa rice, manure, irrigation systems, heavy plows, more food = more people |
| China (Other innovations) | Gunpowder/guns, steel, compass, paper, woodblock printing |
| China (Internal trade) | Grand canal, proto-industrialization |
| China (external trade) | silk roads, south china sea, porcelain, textiles, tea, tributary system, charged taxes to build routes/control trade |
| tributary system | a, diplomatic and economic system where neighboring states acknowledged Chinese superiority by sending formal gifts—tribute—and performing rituals to the Chinese emperor. In exchange, they received protection, trade rights, and legitimacy. |
| Proto-industrialization | a phase of economic development where rural populations shifted from purely agricultural labor to producing manufactured goods—like silk, porcelain, and steel—for sale in widespread markets |
| China (cultural) | Confucianism, Buddhism, neo-confucianism, technology, literature, visual arts thrived (well educated population, contact with foreigners), woodblock printing and paper used for literature |
| Neo-confucianism | a revitalized form of Confucianism originating in the Song Dynasty that blended traditional Confucian ethics with Buddhist and Daoist metaphysics |
| China (environment) | resource: Coal Close to: tributary system, south China sea, canal trade networks, silk trade routes |
| China (society) | Classes: Scholar Gentry, farmers, artisans, merchants, peasants (patriarchy, foot binding, filial piety) |
| Filial Piety | a foundational Confucian virtue emphasizing deep respect, obedience, and care for parents, elders, and ancestors |
| How was Japan influenced by China | Learned Buddhism, confucianism, and woodblock printing from China, copied Chinese traditions in politics, art, literature during Heian period |
| The Heian Period | The final classical era of Japan |
| What was unique about Japan? | Continued traditional Shinto religion, wrote first novel: Tale of Genji, organized a feudal system where Daimyo battled for control of land while |
| Japanese landowning aristocrats | Daimyo |
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