Government
What was important for the Tang dynasty?
What does privilege mean?
What does illiterate mean?
Unable to read or write
What does dominated mean?
To control someone or something or to have more importance than other people or thing
Who wrote the Four Books?
Which group of people conquered almost all of Asia by the 13th century?
What is the purpose of civil service exams?
To qualify people for government jobs
What did Chinese base their rules on?
Which class controlled most of the government's offices?
Aristocrats
How did the Song dynasty create a meritocracy?
They opened up the civil exams to more people
Who was the Mongol leader?
Kublai Khan
In what does the understanding of math, science, and engineering not matter?
Recruiting for government officials
When people have money and everything that is needed for a good life
Who created the “civil service examinations?”
The Han dynasty
According to Confucius, how should people above treat the ones below?
How many years do officials have to work to get moved up a rank in the government?
3 years
Trade and business were not encouraged in what dynasty?
The Ming dynasty
Usually, the new emperor would be the ______ of the old emperor.
What ended the Tang dynasty?
The people who passed the state supported exams made by the Songs needed to wait for a few years just to what?
What group were considered the lowest rank, based on Confucians and why?
Merchants, only because they bought and sold stuff, rather than producing their own goods.