1.1.1 Song Dynasty governance and innovations

• Order the levels of exams in the Keju system from lowest to highest

  1️⃣ Local college exams

  2️⃣ Metropolitan exams

  3️⃣ Provincial exams

  4️⃣ Palace examination
• Match the innovation with its impact:

  Paper Currency ↔️ Boosted trade

  Grand Canal Improvements ↔️ Connected regions

  Agricultural Advancements ↔️ Supported larger population
• Which innovation revolutionized maritime trade during the Song Dynasty?

  Compass
• Which emperor established the centralized government of the Song Dynasty?

  Emperor Taizu
• What improvements were made to the Grand Canal during the Song Dynasty?

  Enhanced transportation
• What was the purpose of the civil service examinations in the Song Dynasty?

  To select scholar-officials
• What was the primary goal of the Song Dynasty's administrative reforms?

  Improve centralization and efficiency
• What was the overall impact of the economic innovations on the Song Dynasty?

  Increased prosperity
• What type of agencies monitored officials during the Song Dynasty reforms?

  Special agencies
• Match the innovation with its description:

  Gunpowder ↔️ Used for fireworks and weapons

  Compass ↔️ Magnetic compass for navigation

  Printing ↔️ Movable type improved book production
• Which dynasty preceded the Song Dynasty?

  Tang Dynasty
• Order the Song Dynasty economic innovations from their descriptions:

  1️⃣ Lightweight money made from paper

  2️⃣ Enhanced transportation for goods

  3️⃣ New farming techniques and crops
• What was one of the primary economic innovations of the Song Dynasty?

  Paper currency
• How was China divided under the Song Dynasty's centralized government?

  Smaller regions
• What is the rank immediately below the Advanced Scholar in the Chinese scholar hierarchy?

  Palace
• What was gunpowder initially used for in the Song Dynasty?

  Fireworks and weapons