Trade
Characteristics include currency, trade, & travel
What is commerce?
A government worker hierarchy or a civil servant system
What are synonym phrases for bureaucracy?
An accepted way of paying for goods or services
What is the use of currency?
The dynasty that united the different regions of China
What is the Tang Dynasty?
Buddhist religious thought that spread from ______ to China
What is India?
This is a tax required by the conquerors and paid by the losers of a battle
What is a tribute?
A synonym for commerce
What is business?
An ability-based job system used in government
What is a meritocracy
The Chinese use of crushed smallpox scabs that are breathed in through the nose to provide immunity against the disease
What is to inoculate or inoculation?
Characterized by the building of canals to improve trade and travel
What is the Tang Dynasty?
This promised practitioners happiness for all eternity
What is Buddhism?
A synonym for inoculate
What is variolation or vaccinate?
The belief that Chinese emperors were chosen to rule by the Gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Rulers or emperors born into the same family; a system where the power is inherited from family members
What is a dynasty?
What is gun powder?
A synonym phrase for a time of great civic improvements, use of meritocracy & civil service tests
What is the Age of Chinese Prosperity?
Characteristic includes to live in harmony with the world around you
What is Neo-Confucianism?
These were based upon the teachings of Confucius and were for men only
What are civil service exams?
Trade routes that were guarded by the Wall of China
What is the Silk Road?
Houses or lines of ruling families
What are dynasties (a dynasty)?
This use of junk ships helped to spread Chinese goods and culture
What is maritime trade?
This dynasty was characterized by great population growth or urbanization
What is the Song Dynasty?
This was the belief that Chinese emperors were chosen to rule by the Gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Food markets and restaurants were created during this time
What is the Golden Age of the Song Dynasty?
Used for cookware, plates, vases, etc.
What is china or porcelain?
Paper money created during the Golden Age of the Song Dynasty
What is currency?