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The Song Dynasty
The empire that replaced the tang dynasty in 960
What was China’s typical system of government?
Dynastic rule with a burcreacy
What Chinese Dynasty introduced the civil service exam?
The song dynasty
What was a major expansion of the Song Dynasty (educational, physical, geographical, technological)?
The civil service exam, allowed for a stronger bureaucracy, increased educational opportunities allowing for a greater upward mobility in government, and gunpowder
What was a major new food grown, and what did it lead to?
Champa rice, a fast growing, high calorie, and drought resistant crop emerged. This allowed for a greater crop yield and fed the population. The more people being fed= the more people.
What natural element found in the ground assisted chinas manfucatural developments?
Coal, allowed for production of cast iron goods, enabled them to have stronger structures.
What technology allowed for greater navigation and exploration and how?
The compass,
What is a meritocracy?
A system of government/ bureaucracy where higher positions are given to the people who perform the best on an exam
Grand Canal
Facilitated trade, allowed for greater export of resources
Gunpowder
Revelutionalized warfare, used for guns, cannon, etc
Irrigation Systems
enabled growth of agriculture, more food = more people establishing chinese as powerful
Tribute System in China
When a smaller state gives a larger state resources in exchange for protection
What was the social structure in china?
Hierarchal and men dominated, had the emperor atom, scholars and bureacracy peoples below, then peasants and merchants
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