AP World Unit 1.1-1.3 reading questions well answered 2023/2024 verified/updated

AP World Unit 1.1-1.3 reading questionsExplain how imperial bureaucracy/ meritocracy works - correct answer a vast organization in which appointed officials carry out the empires policy. A meritocracy occurs when officials obtain positions by showing merit through Confucius texts on exams How did the Song's Dynasty's imperial bureaucracy represent a political continuity? - correct answer Has been feature since Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) and constant through centuries How did the imperial bureaucracy change over time? - correct answer Emperor Song Taizu expanded educational oppurtunities allowing young men with lower class to do well on civil service exam and get desired job. Poor underepresented but more upward mobility than any other hiring of time. How did China's imperial bureaucracy/ meritocracy lead to the decline of the Song? - correct answer expansion of bureaucracy so large, the high cost of government dried up surplus china wealth and led to empires weakness. How did Song china also utilize confucianism to maintain control - correct answer utilized idea of Filial piety (pushing aside desires for male head of house/ rulers) and the idea for respect on one's elders to maintain control in china. What lasting economic impact did the Tang dynasty have on the Song dynasty - correct answer Promoted agriculture development, improved roads and canals, encouraged foreign trade, and spread technology How did the Grand canal allow Song China to flourish economically? - correct answer the expansion of the canal allowed it to become the most populous trading area in the world What major trade network allowed china to trade items and technology like guns to Eurasia? - correct answer Silk roads Give examples and explain how innovations in agriculture led to the population growth and economic success - correct answer Chinese farmers laid manure to enrich soil. Had elaborate irrigation methods (ditches, water wheels, terraces). Heavy plows by Water Buffalo/ Oxen allowed unusable land to be cultivated. Methods created food surplus and fast growing pops. How did steel impact Song China? - correct answer Used to reinforce bridges, gates, ship anchors, religious items (Pagodas, Buddhist figures), strengthened agricultural equipment thus increasing food production and population. What 2 major developments allowed Song China to trade by sea? - correct answer 1) Atrisians manufactured porcelain and silk expanding trade networks 2) compass used in maritime navigation, ships able to carry more cargo, paper navigation charts made seafaring possible in open water list 3 other items of trade from Song China - correct answer porcelains, textiles, tea Explain what commercialization means for an economy - correct answer local consumption shifting to market production bringing chief exports to market. Stimulates trade internally and externally with technology. (Grand Canal and South China Sea) Explain how Song China promoted social growth of their commercial economy with taxes - correct answer Increased amount of money in circulation promoting economic growth because changed how public projects were built Explain how the tributary system supported the economic and political power for Song China. - correct answer required states to pay to honor Chinese emperor. Representatives sent to demonstrate respect with Kowtow. Fleets sent led by Zheng He to show power and receive tributes.