Imperial China Focus Vocabulary 7th Grade World History

A class of wealthy landowners or nobles. Aristocracy

A government ruling by officials of proven merit Meritocracy

A belief system based on the ideas of Confucius Confucianism

A religion that started in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Buddhism

A line of hereditary rulers of a country, which was believed to hold the “mandate of heaven.” Dynasty

The dynasty that reunified China and brought order from 581 to 618 A.D. Sui Dynasty

The dynasty that ruled over China for nearly 300 years of wealth and power. Tang Dynasty

The dynasty that ruled China after the Tang, from 960 to 1279 A. D The dynasty that ruled China after the Tang, from 960 to 1279 A.D. and brought the ideas of scholar-officials to its height and created a meritocracy. Song Dynasty

A government that is divided into departments Bureaucracy

An educated person with a government position. Scholar-officials

Civil Service Examinations A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government. Civil Service Examinations

A printing system in which wood blocks were carved with characters to print entire pages and led to the invention of movable type. Wood-block Printing

White ceramic commonly used in pottery Porcelain

A network of trade routes across central Asian that connected China with Europe. The Silk Road

A period of Mongol control over China Mongol Rule

Genghis Khan’s grandson who became emperor of China under the Yuan dynasty from 1279 to 1368. Kublai Khan