Vocabulary
Ways of Selecting Officials
Ways of Improving the Economy
Cause Based Concepts
Wild Card
100
Belonging or related to an emperor. From beginning to end of the empire China was imperial, meaning it was under an emperor's rule
What is imperial?
100
This dynasties emperor's would send "heroes wanted" messages
What was the method used by the Qin Dynasy?
100
There were new irrigation systems, so people could transport water to villages that couldn't have it for different reasons
What did the new irrigation system do?
100
Because taxes led families into poverty. The bureaucracy was corrupt. There was no protection from the government, and under the lead of warlords peasants rebelled.
How did the Han dynasty end?
100
Rice was the most important crop of this century
What was the most important crop in the 13th century?
200
Rule by officials of proven merit. Especially during the Song dynasty this happened
What is meritocracy
200
Aristocracy was used in early periods
What was the method used by dynasties before the Tang?
200
This helped to increase foreign and oversea trade
What did navigation innovation help?
200
The Song dynasty made people prove their merit to became officials taking civil service exams. So that everyone had the chance to get involved into government affairs
How did the Song dynasty create meritocracy?
200
A line of rulers descendent from one family
What is a dynasty?
300
A line noble people. This was used especially in the Qin and Tang dynasties.
What is aristocracy?
300
Civil service examination or Meritocracy was used by this dynasty
What way of selecting officials was used by the Song dynasty
300
Th growth of trade moved people into cities. Landowners left farms to work in cities
how did urbanization grow?
300
Because they used a complex bureaucracy, and punished everything very harshly, until, everything became corrupt
How did the Han dynasty keep such a long time of ruling?
300
2 or 3 crops
What was the number of crops per year people could take with the new rice?
400
A military leader operating outside the control of the government. They led the farmer's rebellion against the Han
What is a warlord?
400
They relied on family members, friends and trusted foreigners to help the government run
How did the Mongols rule?
400
Trade made more people get jobs and move into cities, and more people payed taxes
How were cities urbanized?
400
They planted 2 or 3 crops a year of rice. New inventions made it easier to live. Many people were requested to work, and so to be payed. Merchants traded Chinese fabrics with outside world fabrics. More and more cities were urbanized
How did the Tang and Song dynasties improved economy so much?
400
Because everybody had an equal chance to get into government affairs
Why did meritocracy help a fair government?
500
A highly complex way of governing used especially during the Han dynasty
What is bureaucracy?
500
These dynasties each used their own method of governing, leading to chaos and division
What was the method used by the 6 dynasties
500
Because landowners moved into cities, more people had to work in farms, people moved to live in cities...
How did agriculture, and trade and commerce improve the growth of cities -urbanize- in China?
500
Meritocracy, because it was the method in which more people had the chance to make a career, and there were less chances of a corrupt society, because every test was re-wrote by a person, so the graders wouldn't know whom it was. Also the test-takers took the test in cabins.
Which was the best method of selecting officials?
500
Because there was a better cultivation
Why did Chinese farmers move south?
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