vocabulary
dynasties
Civil Service Exams
100

relating to an emperor

imperial

100

agricultural improvements 

Song dynasty

100

describe the testing conditions of the civil service exams 

people were placed in a room with only paper and something to write with

200

a highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority 

bureaucracy

200

age of expansions and prosperity zhao ban wrote her books

Han dynasty

300

a ruling class of noble families

Arsitocracy

300

gunpowder invented , china became more liberal and open different ideas and way of dress 

Tang dynasty

400

a time period were china was ruled by one bloodline (family)

dynasty

400

mongol rules (goverment ruled by foreigners)

yuan dynasty

500

ruled by officials who have proven their merit, their worth

meritocracy

500

china close off to foreign contact and zheng he expeditions brought tributaries

ming dynasty