1.1 Developments in East Asia Flashcards

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Imperial bureaucracy in China

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A vast organization in which appointed officials carry out the empire’s policies

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Meritocracy in China

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Officials obtained positions based on merit (scores) on civil service exams.

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Grand Canal in China

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An inexpensive and efficient water trarnsport system that extended water transport over 30,000 miles through China

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Champa rice

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a fast-ripening and drought-resistant strain of rice from Vietnam that greatly expended agricultural production in China

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Proto-industrialization in China

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People in rural areas made more goods than they could consume and sold them.

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What were three things artisans in China made for sale during proto-industrialization in China?

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  1. Steel
  2. Porcelain
  3. Silk
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Who were the scholar gentry in China?

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Educated bureaucrats who became the most influential class during the Song and Tang dynasties.

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What was foot binding in China?

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Young girls from aristocratic and wealthy families had their feet bound from a young age so the bones would not naturally grow. Bound feets signified social status and greatly restricted a woman’s ability to move.

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Woodblock printing in China

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China was the first culture to invent woodblock printing, allowing them to publish and distribute booklets to literate Chinese.

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Buddhism came to China from what country?

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India

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What were the three types of Buddhism were intitially common in Asia? (Ther Ma Tibet)

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  1. Theravada Buddhism
  2. Mahayan Buddhism
  3. Tibetan Buddhism
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Eventually, Buddhism ideals compbined with elements of Daoism to form what form of Buddhism?

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Chan or Zen Buddhism

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What is filial piety?

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The duty of family members to prioritize elders and follow the male head of the family.

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During the Heian period in Japan (795-1185), artists, politicians, and authors emulated what country?

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China

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Chinese families lived in extended family households, but in Vietnam, what kind of households did most people occupy?

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Nuclear family households

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What two Chinese practices did the Vietnamese reject?

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  1. Foot binding
  2. Polygyny