State & Government
What is the dynasty in China during 960 to 1279 CE?
Song
Which religion originated in South Asia and spread to China by the Han Dynasty?
Buddhism
Which country adopted many Confucian principles and the civil service exam system to staff its bureaucracy?
Korea
What maritime technology using Earth’s magnetism improved navigation during the Song period?
Magnetic Compass
What philosophical system did Song rulers revive and use to justify their authority?
Confucianism
Which Buddhist branch emphasized escaping the cycle of birth and death?
Theravada
Which country's writing system is highly influenced by Chinese and attempted a large-scale overhaul of its power structure according to the Chinese imperial bureaucracy?
Japan
What medium did Song China increasingly use to facilitate commerce (opposed to barter)?
Paper Money
What institutional system of government employed tens of thousands of officials to carry out the emperor’s policies?
Bureaucracy
What are two examples of the five key relationships in the Confucian social hierarchy (including one equal-to-equal)?
Ruler-Subject, Father-Son, Husband-Wife, Elder-Younger Brother, and Friend-Friend
Which Southeast Asian kingdom transmitted rice to China?
Champa (in Southern Vietnam)
What materials did China’s home industries produce in large quantities to support the need for tools and weapons?
Iron and Steel
What merit-based process did men have to pass to enter the Song imperial bureaucracy?
Civil Service Examination
What is the name of the Buddhist branch Chinese developed as its own distinct version of Buddhism?
Chan Buddhism
Which neighboring state retained political independence but still participated in the Chinese tribute system and adopted many Chinese cultural and administrative practices?
Vietnam
What is the world's longest and oldest man-made waterway which linked the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers?
Grand Canal
How were women relegated to the subordinate position in the hierarchy?
Foot-Binding and Forbidden to Remarry
What are the other two secondary philosophical/religious ideologies influencing Neo-Confucianism, besides the older Confucian philosophical ideas?
Daoism and Buddhism
What were the countries where women are not nearly as marginalized here as they were in China, and never adopted foot binding in their cultures?
Japan, Korea, Vietnam
What structural ship innovations did Song engineers develop for their large trading ships to improve safety?
Watertight Bulkheads and Stern-Mounted Rudders