Imperial China Vocab

Question 1

Aristocracy

Answer 1

when you inherit an official position by family (heir)

Question 2

Meritocracy

Answer 2

when you inherit an official position through merit

Question 3

Civil Service Exam

Answer 3

an exam taken by candidates for the Chinese government. Candidates took it in the span of about 16-24 hours while in a room with little food and a toilet. Song Dynasty.

Question 4

Watertight Compartments

Answer 4

compartments that are waterproof

Question 5

Paddlewheel Boat

Answer 5

They were used as tugs and as passenger river ships

Question 6

Segmented Arch Bridge

Answer 6

made out of multiple arches per bridge, stronger and wider.

Question 7

Champa Rice

Answer 7

A species of rice that only takes 2 months to grow - significant because the faster the rice grows, the more convenient it is to the people who buy it

Question 8

Gunpowder

Answer 8

Invented by the Chinese alchemists in the Tang dynasty from saltpeter, it was made to create immortality.

Question 9

Inoculation

Answer 9

a type of vaccine/medicine given to a patient by grinding up a scab and injecting it into the patient. - Used for Medicine (help people survive).

Question 10

Silk Road

Answer 10

a network/road of trade that ran through central asia. - Used for trade (helped people living in China get crops, food, silk, ect.)

Question 11

Marco Polo

Answer 11

studied China for a long time and other places. He recorded information and had it made into a book. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORERS.

Question 12

Zheng He

Answer 12

a very strict person who launched a huge fleet of ships to India. Taken prisoner by the Chinese, later served in the Chinese army.

Question 13

Song Dynasty

Answer 13

had a civil service exam, more advanced technology. Used fertilizer to grow larger crops, and chain pumps. Improved plow and harrows were used to level plowed ground.

Question 14

Yuan Dynasty

Answer 14

tolerated/encouraged foreigners in China because they helped they were forigeners