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Civil Service Exam

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A test designed to determine who deserves a job in the civil service (government)

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A test designed to determine who deserves a job in the civil service (government)

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Civil Service Exam

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Imperial Bureaucracy

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A system of political organization in which government workers were appointed to enforce the rule and carry out the policies of the emperor

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A system of political organization in which government workers were appointed to enforce the rule and carry out the policies of the emperor

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Imperial Bureaucracy

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Scholar-gentry

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Scholars who were appointed by the emperor to run the day-to-day operations of the government and the empire.

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Scholars who were appointed by the emperor to run the day-to-day operations of the government and the empire.

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Scholar-gentry

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Champa Rice

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A fast-ripening and drought resistant strain of rice that originated in Vietnam and was later used throughout East Asia; caused population booms in countries that used it

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A fast-ripening and drought resistant strain of rice that originated in Vietnam and was later used throughout East Asia; caused population booms in countries that used it

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Champa Rice

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Why are Dynasties often interchangeable with Empires?

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Dynasties were one political family that lasted for very long times like Empires

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Why was the Song empire so small?

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Repeated nomadic invasion

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What did repeated nomadic invasion cause in the Song dynasty?

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The Empire to be small and more isolated

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What did the Grand Canal do for the Song Dynasty?

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The Grand Canal kept the empire connected and under one culture

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How did the Song Dynasty stay connected?

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By using the Grand Canal

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What innovations did the Song Dynasty use?

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Gunpowder Weaponry, Champa rice to increased population, Woodblock printing, Paper currency, and they created Neo-Confucianism

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What country invented Gunpowder Weaponry?

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The Song Empire

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What country invented Woodblock Printing?

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The Song Empire

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What were the top three social levels in the Song Dynasty?

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Aristocracy, Scholar-gentry, and Farmers (From highest to lowest)

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What were the bottom three social levels in the Song Dynasty?

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Artisans, Merchants, and Peasants (From highest to lowest)

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What are the Aristocracy, Scholar-gentry, and Farmers all examples of?

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The top three social levels in the Song Dynasty

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What are the Artisans, Merchants, and Peasants all examples of?

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The bottom three social levels in the Song Dynasty

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What was the Tributary system?

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A series of gifts and rituals designed to show neighbors that the Song Dynasty was superior

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What was a series of gifts and rituals designed to show neighbors that the Song Dynasty was superior?

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The tributary system

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What were the main products of the Song Empire?

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The Song were the largest producers at the time Porcelain, Steel, and Silk

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What are Porcelain, Steel, and Silk all examples of?

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The main products of the Song Empire

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What bodies of what did the Song Empire use to trade?

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The Grand Canal, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean

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How did the Song Empire use the Grand Canal, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean?

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For both internal and external trade.

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What country invented Paper currency?

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The Song Empire

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Why did the Song Dynasty become more isolated?

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repeated attacks from the Mongols

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What were the two main causes of the Song Dynasty’s collapse?

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Too expensive bureaucracy and Mongol invasions

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What did expensive bureaucracy and Mongol invasions cause in the Song Dynasty

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The Collapse

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