AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 1 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
Song Dynasty - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(960-1279 CE) The
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Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil
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administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Imperial Bureaucracy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Division of an
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empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control
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Meritocracy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a system in which |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
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Grand Canal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 1,100-mile (1,700-
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kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It
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was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui
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Empire.
Gunpowder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The formula, brought to
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China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to
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keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was
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used to make explosives and grenades and to propel
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cannonballs, shot, and bullets. |\ |\ |\
Champa Rice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Quick-maturing rice that
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can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally
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introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as
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, a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary
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system.)
Proto-industrialization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Preliminary shift |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
away from agricultural economy in Europe; workers become full-
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or part-time producers of textile and metal products, working at
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home but in a capitalist system in which materials, work orders,
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and ultimate sales depended on urban merchants; prelude to
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Industrial Revolution. |\
Artisans - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔skilled workers who make
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goods by hand |\ |\
Scholar-gentry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chinese class created by |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the
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office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Foot Binding - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Practice in Chinese society
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to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller;
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produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier
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to confine women to the household.
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woodblock printing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a form of printing in
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which an entire page is carved into a block of wood
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Buddhism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A religion based on the|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
teachings of the Buddha. |\ |\ |\
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
Song Dynasty - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(960-1279 CE) The
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Imperial Bureaucracy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Division of an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Meritocracy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a system in which |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Grand Canal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 1,100-mile (1,700-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Empire.
Gunpowder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The formula, brought to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
used to make explosives and grenades and to propel
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cannonballs, shot, and bullets. |\ |\ |\
Champa Rice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Quick-maturing rice that
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
system.)
Proto-industrialization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Preliminary shift |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
away from agricultural economy in Europe; workers become full-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
or part-time producers of textile and metal products, working at
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
home but in a capitalist system in which materials, work orders,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and ultimate sales depended on urban merchants; prelude to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Industrial Revolution. |\
Artisans - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔skilled workers who make
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
goods by hand |\ |\
Scholar-gentry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chinese class created by |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Foot Binding - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Practice 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.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
woodblock printing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a form of printing in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which an entire page is carved into a block of wood
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Buddhism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A religion based on the|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
teachings of the Buddha. |\ |\ |\
