AP World History Unit 1: 1.1 Developments in East Asia

•(960-1279) leading example of diversity and innovation in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas during the 13th century.

• Shang Dynasty

• Tang Dynasty

• Song Dynasty

• Sui Dynasty

Biggest influence for china during this time was the spread of

• Shinto and Daimyo

• Confucianism and Buddhism

• Christianity and Zoroastrian

• Judaism and Orthodoxy

The Song Dynasty replaced the _________ in 960 and lasted for over three centuries (century 100 years). The Song’s region was smaller than the _________ because they lost northern lands to invading pastoralists.

• Tang

• Sui

• Xia

• Qin

•the strength of China. This is an organization in which the appointed officials carried out the policies of the empire. The ________________ has been around since the Qin dynasty (221 B.C.E.-207 B.C.E.) The ________________ did expand under the Song Dynasty. This helped strengthen the dynasty early on during it.

• Samurai

• Shogun

• imperial bureaucracy

• Nippon

•emperor from Song Dynasty that expanded educational opportunities to young men of the lower economic classes. He did this so that they score good on the civil service exam.

• Andi

• Wendi

• Shih Huangdi

• Taizu

Civil service exams were based on knowing the _____________ texts

• Buddhist

• Confucian

• Orthodoxy

• Shinto

China’s bureaucratic system because people were able to obtain their position by merit

best way for the poor of society to move up

• Meritocracy

• Diagnostic

• Daimyos

• Dar

At the end of the Song, the ___________________ was so large that it lead to the empire’s weakness. China created so many bureaucratic jobs and paid so well, that the costs of government to the point that they began drying up China’s surplus wealth.

• Bureaucracy

• Champa

• Tributary System

• Kowtow

promoted agricultural development, improved roads, canals, encouraged foreign trade, and spread technology

• Tang

• Song

• Qin

• Xia

inexpensive and efficient internal waterway transportation system that extended over 30,000 miles.

• Huang He Canal

• South China Sea

• Grand Canal

• Indus River Canal