Political Power
The recognized right to rule a society.
What is political authority?
I am a state ruled by a king or queen.
What is a kingdom?
The philosophy that emphasized education, duty, proper relationships, order, and respect for authority.
Confucianism
Was Chinese Society more focused on the Individual person or society as a whole?
Society as a whole
A document, object, image, or other piece of information historians use to learn about the past.
What is evidence?
An organized political community with a government, population, and territory.
What is a state?
I am a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Educated government officials in Song China were often called these.
Scholar-officials
What Invasion leads to an end of the Song Dynasty
A source created during the time period being studied.
What is a primary source?
A state in which one ruler or government controls multiple territories, peoples, or cultures.
What is an empire?
I rank different groups of people according to things such as status, wealth, occupation, or power.
What is a social hierarchy?
The civil service examinations were based heavily on the teachings of this philosophy.
Confucianism
What examination helped determine who could become a government official?
Civil Service Exam
A source created later by someone interpreting or explaining the past.
What is a secondary source?
Acceptance that a ruler or government has the right to rule.
What is legitimacy?
I ruled China from 960–1279.
What is the Song Dynasty?
Why was education important to government service in Song China?
Education prepared men for the civil service examinations and could allow them to become government officials.
What lead to Song Chinas massive population growth?
The ability to produce lots of food, including Champa Rice.
Information influenced by a person's opinions, feelings, beliefs, or point of view.
What is subjective?
Give TWO ways religion could strengthen the political power of a ruler around 1200.
Possible answers include giving the ruler legitimacy, uniting people, supporting the ruler's authority, influencing laws, or reinforcing social rules.
I am the Italian Trader who famously traveled the Silk Road to China
Who was Marco Polo
How did Confucianism help support political and social order in Song China?
It emphasized duties, proper relationships, education, hierarchy, and respect for authority.
China had a huge population and territory, so the emperor needed officials to collect taxes, enforce laws, keep records, and administer the government, this was called?
What is Bureaucracy.
A source says, “The king raised taxes in 1210. He was a terrible and selfish ruler.” Which part is objective, and which part is subjective?
Objective: The king raised taxes in 1210. Subjective: He was a terrible and selfish ruler.