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words, and important concepts.
What did advances in agriculture
during the Song dynasty lead to?
How did Kublai Khan keep control
over the Chinese?
Descriibe (characterize) attacks
(explorations of conquest) by Genghis
Khan.
population growth
He sent Mongol soldiers
throughout China to keep peace
and to watch for trouble, made sure
that half of all civil service
positions were for non-Chinese
people, and made the Chinese pay
very high taxes
bloody attacks in which entire
populations of cities and towns were
often wiped out (killed completely)
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How do Buddhism and Confucianism
differ?
Confucianism stresses ethical behavior
and Buddhism stresses a spiritual
outlook that promises escape from
suffering
What knowledge did the Civil
Service Examination test cover?
Confucianism and related ideas.
What two basic principles did
Confucius’s teachings stress?
The concern for others and following
appropriate customs and beliefs.
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How did people become scholarofficials in the Song dynasty?
by studying for years to pass a very
difficult exam
How did Neo-Confucians differ
from Confucianism?
Neo-Confucianism stressed
spiritual matters.
Like the Sui dynasty, the Song
dynasty
reunified China, ending a period of
conflict between separate
kingdoms.
Many Chinese were attracted to
Buddhism because it offered
a way to escape suffering and
achieve peace.
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What was city life like during
the Tang and Song dynasties?
Cities were exciting
lively places with a mix
of people from many
cultures
What does it mean to work in
civil service?
to work as a government official
What does the title Genghis
Khan mean?
universal ruler
What was the primary (most
important) reason for building
the grand canal?
To transport rice and other foods
from the south to the cities and
armies in the north
What was the dragonbone
(dragon backbone) pump was
invented to do?
Allow one man to scoop water from
one place and dump it into an
irrigation canal.
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What did the civil service system
help ensure (make sure of)?
talented, intelligent people became
scholar-officials.
What was the capital city (also the
largest city in the world at that
time) of the Tang dynasty?
Changan (Chang’an)
What effect did the policy of
isolation have on China?
China fell behind other countries in
technological achievements and in
military power.
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What was the primary result of
Zheng He’s voyages?
China was able to clearly demonstrate
how power it was.
Which leader ruled over the one of
the largest empires in world
history?
Kublai Khan
What was the main use the Chinese had for fireworks and celebrations.
for gunpowder?
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What is isolationism?
a policy of removing a country or
isolating it from contact with other
countries
Why do historians view the Tang
dynasty as the “Golden Age” of
Chinese civilization?
It was a period of great expansion as
well as artistic, legal, and cultural
achievements.
During which dynasty were overland
trade routes kep safe for merchants?
Yuan
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Wood block printing allowed the
Chinese to
copy and print texts or drawings very
quickly and in large quantities.
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