AP World History Unit 1
Imperial Bureaucracy correct answersvast organization in which appointed officials carried out empire's
policies
Since Qin
Expanded in Song
Civil Service Exam correct answersIn Imperial China starting in the Han dynasty, it was an exam based on
Confucian teachings that were used to select people for various government service jobs in the
nationwide administrative bureaucracy. In the Song, it was expanded to the lower class and provided an
opportunity to get good jobs in bureaucracy.
Meritocracy correct answersa system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement;
based on how well they do in Civil Service Exam in Song
Song Dynasty correct answersDuring this Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) China saw many important
inventions. There was a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper
and cotton); paper money, gun powder; landscape black and white paintings --> preceded by Tang -->
Lost some land to Jin in the North --> large bureaucracy so more costs
Grand Canal correct answersinexpensive and efficient internal waterway transport system that extended
over 30,000 miles --> Song became most populous trading area in the world.
Gun correct answersSong made the first guns and traded guns and gunpowder in Silk Roads
Champa Rice correct answersQuick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season and
growth in regions that once rice could not grow. Fast-ripening, drought-resistant strain from Champa
Vietnam
Agricultural Productivity correct answersChampa rice, manure, irrigation systems, heavy plows
, Proto-industrialization correct answersA set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made
more goods that they could sell; home and community based; simple equipment
China manufactured ______ and _______ correct answersiron and steel (steel most important b/c
reinforced structures, agricultural tools, pagodas)
Artisans correct answersskilled workers who make goods by hand --> made steel, silk, porcelain
Naval Tech correct answerscompass, new ships that could carry more cargo, paper navigation charts
What were China's chief exports? correct answersporcelains, textiles, tea
Tributary System correct answersA system in which other states had to pay money or goods to honor the
emperor of China. Created economic and political power for China, but also created stable trade for
everyone.
-Since Han
-Japan, Korea, SE Asia
New Class correct answersWhy? B/c urbanization and bureaucratic expansion
scholar-gentry
Scholar-gentry correct answersin China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and
produced most of the candidates for civil service; educated in Confucian philosophy and most influential
class --> more powerful than aristocracy
Social Structure Hierarchy correct answersscholar-gentry --> farmers --> artisans --> merchants -->
peasants and urban poor
Foot Binding correct answersPractice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them
smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the
household. Common among aristocratic families, sign of social status and desired by suitors
Imperial Bureaucracy correct answersvast organization in which appointed officials carried out empire's
policies
Since Qin
Expanded in Song
Civil Service Exam correct answersIn Imperial China starting in the Han dynasty, it was an exam based on
Confucian teachings that were used to select people for various government service jobs in the
nationwide administrative bureaucracy. In the Song, it was expanded to the lower class and provided an
opportunity to get good jobs in bureaucracy.
Meritocracy correct answersa system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement;
based on how well they do in Civil Service Exam in Song
Song Dynasty correct answersDuring this Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) China saw many important
inventions. There was a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper
and cotton); paper money, gun powder; landscape black and white paintings --> preceded by Tang -->
Lost some land to Jin in the North --> large bureaucracy so more costs
Grand Canal correct answersinexpensive and efficient internal waterway transport system that extended
over 30,000 miles --> Song became most populous trading area in the world.
Gun correct answersSong made the first guns and traded guns and gunpowder in Silk Roads
Champa Rice correct answersQuick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season and
growth in regions that once rice could not grow. Fast-ripening, drought-resistant strain from Champa
Vietnam
Agricultural Productivity correct answersChampa rice, manure, irrigation systems, heavy plows
, Proto-industrialization correct answersA set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made
more goods that they could sell; home and community based; simple equipment
China manufactured ______ and _______ correct answersiron and steel (steel most important b/c
reinforced structures, agricultural tools, pagodas)
Artisans correct answersskilled workers who make goods by hand --> made steel, silk, porcelain
Naval Tech correct answerscompass, new ships that could carry more cargo, paper navigation charts
What were China's chief exports? correct answersporcelains, textiles, tea
Tributary System correct answersA system in which other states had to pay money or goods to honor the
emperor of China. Created economic and political power for China, but also created stable trade for
everyone.
-Since Han
-Japan, Korea, SE Asia
New Class correct answersWhy? B/c urbanization and bureaucratic expansion
scholar-gentry
Scholar-gentry correct answersin China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and
produced most of the candidates for civil service; educated in Confucian philosophy and most influential
class --> more powerful than aristocracy
Social Structure Hierarchy correct answersscholar-gentry --> farmers --> artisans --> merchants -->
peasants and urban poor
Foot Binding correct answersPractice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them
smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the
household. Common among aristocratic families, sign of social status and desired by suitors
