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What are the four chapters in Unit 4?
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1. The Political Development of Imperial China2. China Develops a New Economy3. Chinese Discoveries and Inventions4. China Contacts with the Outside World
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What does Imperial mean?
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Something related to the emperor (?)
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What is a dynasty?
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A ruling family
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What continent is China in?
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Asia - the largest continent on earth.
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What are China's three distinct elevations?
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Highlands in western ChinaSlightly lower plateau in central chinalowlands along the eastern coast
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Find the North China Plain, the Huange He and the Chang Jiang on the map. This is where Chinese civilization began. Why?
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People could grow food there and rivers made transportation easy. The history of China is tied to its geography.
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The Political Development of Imperial China.Which method of selecting officials led to the best leaders for china?
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Chinese emperors relied on a bureaucracy to help govern. They used different methods to choose the bureaucracy.
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Imperial Government. How was early China ruled?
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In 221 B.C.E. Qin Shihuangdi ruled as emperor. For more than 1,500 years China was ruled under an imperial government by a series of dynasties.
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How did early emperors choose their bureaucracy?
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Early emperors chose their officials from the aristocracy (the ruling class of noble families).
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What did the Han Dynasty do to try to improve the government?
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They created a civil service examination system.
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What was the civil service examination system based upon?
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The teachings of Confucial learning.
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What is a meritocracy?
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A system of government rule by officials of proven merit.
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What type of government did the Mongol emperors use?
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Mongol emperors from outside of China relied on family members, friends, and trusted foreigners to help run the government.
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What dynasty ruled after the Mongols and what type of officials did they use?
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The Ming restored the civil service system. Bureaucrats became set in their ways, and innovation was not encouraged.
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Who was the first ruled to claim the title of emperor?
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Prince Zheng, the head of state of Qin.
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