Imperial Chinese Governments

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  1. 4. System where people earn positions through ability rather than birth
  2. 7. Massive waterway linking northern and southern China for trade and transport
  3. 9. Song scholar who compiled the Four Books used for imperial exams
  4. 10. System of government departments managed by appointed officials
  5. 12. Period when aristocrats dominated government positions
  6. 14. Chinese-led dynasty that revived the civil service exams
  7. 15. European visitor who served in the Mongol court
  8. 17. Era that expanded exams and created a true meritocracy
  9. 18. First emperor of China who unified the warring states
  10. 19. Set of writings that became the foundation for civil service studies
Down
  1. 1. Government run by wealthy noble families
  2. 2. Blend of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that influenced the Song exams
  3. 3. Educated government worker who passed the imperial exams
  4. 4. Pattern of rise, rule, decline, and replacement of dynasties
  5. 5. Mongol ruler who conquered China and founded the Yuan dynasty
  6. 6. Uprising of poor farmers that helped end the Tang dynasty
  7. 8. Test based on Confucian ideas to select government officials
  8. 11. Chinese philosopher whose teachings shaped moral and political life
  9. 13. Period of Mongol rule when foreigners often held government jobs
  10. 16. Belief that Heaven chose and could remove a dynasty’s right to rule