AP World History - 1.1 + 1.2

The responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents...

• Mandate of Heaven

• filial piety

• Legalism

• Dao

What country was NOT overrun by Chinese armies to become a tributary state?

• Vietnam

• Korea

• Tibet

• Japan

What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?

• They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.

• China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.

• All were once colonies of the Mongols.

• All were conquered by the Song dynasty and ruled by the imperial bureaucracy.

A canal linking northern and southern China improved during the song dynasty

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Grand Canal

• Suzhou Canal

Bureaucracy

• large system of government officials following with different levels of authority

• the customary code of polite behavior in society, especially between children and parent

• the official document or set of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

• a formal or official record of trade and business interactions between states

Scholar-gentry

• elite social class that placed a greater emphasis business and trade than on education

• class of educated citizens who passed civil service examinations and worked in the government

• the official style of Buddhism adopted by China during the Song Dynasty that emphasized daily study of Buddhist texts

Merit System

• don't choose this one

• the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another based on their level of wealth or social class

• system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills rather than wealth or social status

• the practice among those with power or influence - who favor relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs and land ownership.

Urbanization

• a new architectural technique that allowed for taller apartment buildings

• style of government established during the Song dynasty

• movement of people from coastal landscapes to inland regions

• movement of people from rural to urban areas

Tribute

• payment or gift to demonstrate loyalty and inferiority to a stronger political power or state

• A buddhist tradition of donating money to the poor

• the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about Confucianism?

• Only those who are devout and lead moral lives will be saved.

• The ethical system is primarily concerned with relationships.

• Specific duties are tied to one's status in society.

• It prescribes the correct organization of the state to achieve the maximum benefits for the most members of society