Download East Asia Unit Homework Sheet

East Asia Unit Homework Sheet
First homework assignment
due Tuesday 3/31/15
CHINA
A. Read pp. 365 – 377
Identify and or Define: Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Confucianism, tribute
system
1. Why are the centuries of the Tang and Song Dynasties in China sometimes referred
to as a “golden age”?
2. In what ways did women’s lives change during the Tang and Song dynasties?
3. How did the Chinese and their nomadic neighbors to the north view each other?
4. What assumptions underlay the tribute system?
B. Read pp. 385 – 393
Identify and or define: Buddhist dharma, Mahayana Buddhism.
1. List all the Chinese inventions from this time period.
2. Which invention was most significant? Why?
3. What facilitated the rooting of Buddhism within China? [HINT: You have already
learnt a bit about this].
4. What were the major sources of opposition to Buddhism in China (during this time
period)?
KOREA and VIETNAM
C. Read pp. 377 – 381
Identify and or Define: Silla, Koryo, Yi, hangul, Korea, vassal state, Vietnam.
JAPAN
D. Read pp. 381 – 383
Identify and or Define: Shotoku Taishi, Nara, Heian (Kyoto), Edo [It is not in the text book
reading], samurai, bushido, Shinto, Zen Buddhism [Yup…], tanka, The Tale of Genji,
Pillow Book,.
1. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of
Confucian orthodoxy?