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What was the significance of the Sui Dynasty?
Reunified China after a period of division and constructed the Grand Canal.
What was the significance of the Tang Dynasty?
Considered a golden age of Chinese culture, with advancements in arts, literature, and military expansion.
What was the significance of the Song Dynasty?
Focused on economic and technological progress, including paper money and advancements in agriculture.
What was the impact of the Grand Canal's construction?
Boosted trade and communication between northern and southern China.
What was the impact of Champa rice?
Increased food supply and supported population growth.
What was the effect of the civil service exam system?
Created a merit-based bureaucracy and a new social class of scholar-gentry.
What are the key features of Japan's post-classical period?
Unique elements like Shintoism, *The Tale of Genji*, and a feudal system with Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, and Samurai.
What are the key features of Korea's post-classical period?
Heavily influenced by China, adopting Confucianism, Buddhism, and the civil service system.
What are the key features of Vietnam's post-classical period?
Maintained independence from China. Society was dominated by villages and nuclear families, with limited Confucian influence.
What was the impact of gunpowder?
Revolutionized warfare.
What is a bureaucracy?
A large, complex organization with a hierarchical structure, division of labor, and standardized procedures.
What is meritocracy?
A system where individuals are selected and promoted based on their abilities and talent.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
An exam used to select government officials based on merit and knowledge of Confucian classics.
What is Scholar Gentry?
A new social class of educated elites who passed the civil service exams and held government positions.
What is the tribute system?
System of international relations where smaller states paid tribute to China.
What is foot binding?
A practice to make women more desirable, also a sign of wealth.
What is the Grand Canal?
Massive waterway connecting the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, boosting trade.
What is Champa Rice?
Fast-growing rice from Vietnam, increased food supply.
What is a patriarchal society?
A society where men dominate most systems of power.
What is a hierarchy?
A system of ranking where people are organized by status or importance.
What were the causes and effects of the Sui Dynasty's downfall?
Causes: Internal conflicts and instability. Effects: Short-lived dynasty, but laid the groundwork for the Tang.
What were the causes and effects of the Tang Dynasty's decline?
Causes: Internal issues, economic problems, and invasions. Effects: End of the golden age, political fragmentation.
What were the causes and effects of the Song Dynasty's economic growth?
Causes: Stability, new technologies, and trade. Effects: Increased urbanization, paper money, and technological advancements.
What were the causes and effects of the civil service exam?
Causes: Desire for a merit-based bureaucracy. Effects: Rise of the scholar-gentry and a more efficient government.
What were the causes and effects of Champa rice introduction?
Causes: Introduction of new rice variety from Vietnam. Effects: Increased food supply and population growth.
What were the causes and effects of foot binding?
Causes: Patriarchal society and desire to control women. Effects: Physical limitations on women and reinforcement of social hierarchy.
What were the causes and effects of the Grand Canal?
Causes: Need for better trade routes. Effects: Boosted trade and communication.
What were the causes and effects of gunpowder?
Causes: Discovery during alchemical experiments. Effects: Revolutionized warfare.
What were the causes and effects of the tribute system?
Causes: China's desire for regional influence. Effects: Economic benefits for China and recognition of Chinese dominance.
What were the causes and effects of the Song Dynasty facing challenges from the Jurchen-led Jin Dynasty?
Causes: Military weakness of the Song Dynasty. Effects: Loss of territory and eventual decline.