History of education in China

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-education-in-china

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is History of education in China?East Asia, spanning diverse geographical regions from mountains to plains
2. How many people live in History of education in China?Estimated to be over 1.425 billion people
3. What is the capital of History of education in China?Beijing, a major political and cultural hub
4. What was the first type of school in China and who could attend?The earliest schools were for children of nobles and rulers. They taught classics, calligraphy, and moral philosophy. Only aristocrats could go.
5. Why did China create the imperial examination system?It let people from all backgrounds show their knowledge and get government jobs. It made leadership based on merit, not birth.

Aristocratic: Pertaining to or characteristic of an aristocracy; a class of hereditary nobility in various countries.
Meritocratic: A system, organization, or society in which people are chosen and promoted based on their ability or talent.
Imperial Examinations: A civil service examination system in imperial China, established to select candidates for the state bureaucracy based on merit.