Government of China
Aristocracy
Meritocracy
The Mongol Rule
Civil Service System
100
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty
100
Tests that were taken to determine government officials
What are civil service examinations
100
ex. father/son, friend/friend, husband/wife
What is a relationship
100
unable to read or write
What does illiterate mean
100
a value that government officials had
What is moral behavior
200
The right to overthrow an emperor due to natural disasters
What is the Mandate of Heaven
200
These people were born into wealthy and powerful landowners
Who are aristocrats
200
Government officials were excused from these as a privilege
What are taxes and military service
200
when Mongols took over the Chinese capitol and killed the last Song emperor
What was the beginning of the Mongol rule
200
an area that the exams didn't cover
What is mathematics
300
This dynasty lasted over 400 years
What is the Han dynasty
300
The civil service exams were based on his work
Who is Confucius
300
People that take the exams in hope of getting government offices
Who are candidates
300
Mongols, foreigners, North Chinese, South Chinese
What are the four classes
300
what the system kept Chinese from doing
What is progression in society
400
This was the style of government the Han used
What is a bureaucracy
400
They were in charge of collecting taxes, managing the army, and enforced laws
Who are government officials
400
A version of Confucius' teachings mixed with Daoism and Buddhism
What is neo-Confucianism
400
one cause of the collapse of the Mongol empire and was because of greed
What is corruption
400
the people that were set in their way of government
Who are bureaucrats
500
He was the first Chinese ruler to claim the title of emperor
Who is Prince Zheng
500
This dynasty rose up after peasant rebellions in the Tang dynasty
What is the Song dynasty
500
He wrote the Four Books
Who is Zhu Xi
500
The Mongol ruler that took the title of emperor
Who is Kublai Khan
500
the #1 reason the Ming dynasty collapsed, happened because they did not encourage trade
What is inability to adapt
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