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Vocabulary
Ways to Select Official
Ways of Improving Economy
Cause based Concepts
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100
Landowners moved to bigger cities and that helped the growth of southern cities.
What is Urbanization?
100
The government had different level of workers. The government grew.
How bureaucracy worked?
100
People moved to bigger cities, in this way each city would have more money.
How did urbanization helped the Chinese economy?
100
The Mongols were at the top. Next came foreigners that were their friends. The third class was made up of northern Chinese. The southern Chinese came last.
How was the Mongol government organized?
100
Shops where people could change coins into paper money.
What were the "Deposit Shops"?
200
A military leader that work outside the government
What is a Warlord?
200
Chinese people dicided to find officials of merit by offering to the country the civil service exams
How did meritocracy worked?
200
New type of rice and tea were discovered. Merchants traveled all over Asia trading rice and tea. For the farmers was easier to coltivate because they were using animals help.
How agriculture helped the economy growth?
200
During that period the farmers and warlords rebelled because the taxes were too high and the government wasn't protecting them.
Why in 220 CE did the Han Rulers lost their grip on power?
200
A canal used for trading.
What was the Grand Canal?
300
A ruling class of nobles families
What is Aristocracy?
300
They decided to donnot use the civil service exams any more. The Southern Chinese were at the bottom of their government. Before them there was the Northern Chinese, the foreigners and at the top the Mongols.
How did the Mongol Government worked?
300
It helped because the chinese population did new discoveries and brought in China new inventions and goods. During the Song and Tang dynasties in the little towns you could find little markets.
How did commerce helped the Chinese economy?
300
The Song choose their officials based on their merit. Everyone could be an official, he had to pass an exam.
How did the Song Dynasty created a meritocracy?
400
The form of money used in a country
What is Currency?
400
They were easier to transport and easy to exchange, even if the other type of currency had more value.
How did the paper money helped economy?
400
The exams did not test candidates on the mathematics, science and engeeniring.
Why China's civil service exam could stood in a way of progress?
400
They thought they were bad people because they trade goods that weren't produced by themselves.
Why Confucians followers had a bad idea of merchants?
500
A higly complex body of workers with many levels of authority.
What is Bureaucracy?
500
Chinese start using baots and oxcarts. They discovered new types of rice and tea. By traveling merchants brought in China other countries objects never seen before.
How did new inventions and discoveries helped the chinese economy?
500
The Bureaucracy wasn't working in the correct way. In the civil service exams math, science and engeneering weren't included and trade and business were not encouraged.
Why did the Ming Danasty ended in 1644?
500
In 1644 CE
When did the Ming dynasty ended?