Amsco AP World History 1.1 questions n answers 2024

Amsco AP World History 1.1Song Dynasty - correct answers Replaced the Tang in 960 and ruled for three centuries with a prosperous reign under which the arts flourished. Bureaucracy - correct answers China's strength was partially the result of its imperial bureaucracy through which elected officials carried out the empire's policies. Metiocracy and the Civil Service Exam - correct answers One of the Song Dynasties' great achievements was the expansion of educational opportunities as someone who scored well on the Civil Service Exam could get a good job in the bureaucracy. This Chinese bureaucracy was known as metiocracy. Negative of Metiocracy - correct answers It grew so large that by the end of the Song Dynasty, the bureaucracy was a weakness as the cost of running the government had grown extremely high. Grand Canal - correct answers After being built by the Sui Dynasty, the Song Dynasty expanded the canal to over 30,000 miles which allowed China to become the most populous trading center in the world. Gunpowder - correct answers Though gunpowder had been invented in earlier dynasties, the Song Dynasty made the first guns, which later spread to the rest of Eurasia along the Silk Roads. Champa Rice - correct answers a fast-ripening and drought-resistant strain of rice from the Champa Kingdom in present-day Vietnam that greatly expanded agricultural production in China allowing for two harvests a year in some cases. This in combination with new agricultural techniques allowed for rapid population growth. Manufacturing and Trade - correct answers Industrial production soured thanks to the discovery of coal which enabled greater production of cast iron. After it was learned how to take carbon out of iron to make steel, steel was used to reinforce structures and make items or tools like agricultural equipment. Proto-industrialization - correct answers When rural workers make more goods than they can sell. This relied on home-based or community-based production using simple equipment, unlike industrialization.