World Jigsaw 6

It was common practice for young girls to break and bind their toes with the intention of...

• growing longer toenails

• removing their toes

• shrinking their feet

Every few _______ the foot was unwrapped and then wrapped even tighter.

• weeks

• days

• hours

The Tang and Song is known as the

• End of Chinese Civilization

• Dynastic Cycle

• Golden Age of China

• Beginnings of the Mongol Empire

This was used to make the earliest printed book.

• Rudder
• Movable type printing
• Woodblock printing
• Coal

How did foot-binding affect women?

• Could not leave the home

• Allowed them to farm more

• Made them more beautiful to lower class men

• Created a new social class

Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties?

• spinning wheel and stirrup

• domes and arched bridges

• gunpowder and magnetic compass

• cannon and longbow

Bureaucracy

• system of many government officials following government rules and regulations

• the customary code of polite behavior in society

• the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

• a formal or official record of scientific experimental observations

Merit System

• the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward

• the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another

• system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills rather than wealth or social status

• the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

This connected the Northern and Southern Regions of China

• Huang He

• Yangtze

• Grand Canal

• South China Sea

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the Civil Service Exams?

• They helped unify the culture.

• They increased the rate of literacy.

• They helped find qualified people to serve in the government.

• They increased trade throughout the empire.