AP World- Unit 1 Review Flashcards

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Song Dynasty

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Chinese dynasty (960–1279) with powerful bureaucracy and commerce.

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Imperial bureaucracy

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Appointed officials administer the state; expanded under Song.

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Civil service examination

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Confucian exam system selecting scholar-gentry.

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Scholar-gentry

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Educated landholding elite who staffed the bureaucracy.

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Confucianism

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Ethics stressing order, hierarchy, and filial piety.

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Neo-Confucianism

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Song reworking of Confucianism with Buddhist/Daoist ideas.

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Filial piety

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Duty and respect owed to parents and elders.

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Foot binding

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Elite practice reflecting patriarchy in Song China.

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Champa rice

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Fast-ripening rice from Vietnam; boosted Chinese population.

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Grand Canal

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Waterway linking north and south; moved grain and goods.