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ANSWER ON YOUR OWN PAPER – THIS IS A CLASS SET For FULL CREDIT ALL answers MUST be written in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Document Based Questions – Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Confucianism 1. Based on your knowledge and the map above, in what ways did the silk road help to unify (bring together) China? 2. Predict how the development of the silk road as a transportation system will affect the economy/trade of China? Explain your answer. DOCUMENT2:THEGRAND CANAL SourcePainting–EmperorYangTi, 560-618C.E.,Suidynasty,onhisboat ontheGrandCanalChina,Paintingon silk,17thcentury,Chinese,TheArt Archive/BibliothequeNationaleParis. 3. Based on your interpretation of the painting, do you think the Grand Canal was well traveled? Explain AND support your answer. ANSWER ON YOUR OWN PAPER – THIS IS A CLASS SET For FULL CREDIT ALL answers MUST be written in COMPLETE SENTENCES. DOCUMENT3:EXCERPTABOUTGRANDCANAL “[DuringtheSuidynasty]PeasantlaboralsostartedaGrand Canal tolink theYangziandYellowriverssograinandtaxescouldflowtothecapital easilyformorethanhalftheyear.Thereformsstrengthenedthe economyforatime.” Excerptadaptedfrom"SuiDynasty(589–617)."The Green- wood Encyclopedia of Global Medieval Life and Culture. 4. Based on your knowledge and the excerpt above, explain how the Grand Canal positively impacted China? DOCUMENT4:CONFUCIUS 5. According to Confucius, explain what are the characteristics of the ideal ruler. DOCUMENT5:CONFUCIUS 6. What does Confucius mean by “filial piety”? How does he say one should practice it? ANSWER ON YOUR OWN PAPER – THIS IS A CLASS SET For FULL CREDIT ALL answers MUST be written in COMPLETE SENTENCES. DOCUMENT6:SONGDYNASTY The wealth of the Song Dynasty offered time for developing many products and gadgets of earlier dynasties. A smooth type of pottery, porcelain, became a Chinese specialty during the Tang Dynasty and was improved upon during the Song Dynasty. Literature, poetry, and art all increased with the wealth of China. Woodblock printing, a process of carving into a solid block of wood and using it as a stamp on paper, aided the spread of literature and ideologies. Gunpowder, a powder mixture used in weapons, found innovative uses such as fireworks and continued to affect war outcomes worldwide. Travel and trade also benefited from the development of the magnetic compass, a device that showed direction based on the earth’s magnetic fields. 7. LIST ALL of the achievements that are mentioned above. 8. Explain how EACH of the achievements in #7 affect the world today. DOCUMENT7:SONGDYNASTY The Song Dynasty greatly improved the difficult tests called Civil Service Exams given to gain the status of scholar official during earlier dynasties. Not only did they allow anyone in society to take it, but they also took precautions against cheating by making the hopefuls take the test from inside a small room. The exam guaranteed that men of the highest moral fabric as well as versed in the Confucius ideas being embraced by the Chinese government ended up in power. Only a handful of the exam- takers succeeded, but they had plenty of incentive, or reasons, to do well. Not only did his new social status grant him power, but also respect, reduced consequences for any crimes he may commit, and wealth in the form of gifts from those seeking his wisdom and guidance. Once an exam was passed, a scholar-official had to wait several years before being assigned a position away from his home region. This placement ensured that he didn’t allow bias to interfere with his job. 9. Explain the four incentives for Civil Service test takers to pass their difficult exam? 10. Why do you think scholars who past the test were only given jobs away from their home regions? ANSWER ON YOUR OWN PAPER – THIS IS A CLASS SET For FULL CREDIT ALL answers MUST be written in COMPLETE SENTENCES. DOCUMENT8:BUDDHISMINANCIENTCHINA BuddhismhadgainedaremarkableholdinChina.ItappealedtopeopleinChinaabove allbecauseitaddressedquestionsofsufferinganddeathwithadirectnessunmatchedin nativetraditions.Itoffereda...prospectofsalvation,promisingthatallcreaturesmight onedayfindblissfulreleasefromsuffering... ThelandscapeofChina,too,wastransformedbyBuddhismastemplesandmonasteries werebuiltintownsandremotemountains.NorthChinareportedlyhad6,478temples and77,258monksandnunsby477;southChinawassaidtohave2,846templesand 82,700clericssomedecadeslater.ThebeautyofBuddhistartandarchitectureappealed topeopleofalllevelsofeducation.Buddhismhelpedtranscend(goacross)class differences;inscriptionsonBuddhiststatuesandtemplesshowthatChineseandnonChineseofficials,localnotables,commoners,andBuddhistclergyoftenallcontributedto aproject,workingtogether. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Cambridge University Press 11. According to the excerpt, how did Buddhism change the landscape of China? 12. According to the excerpt, how did Buddhism unify the classes? Provide evidence. Confucianism is a complex system of social and political ethics based on kinship, loyalty and righteousness. His teachings cover a wide range—from how a good person should behave in relationships and in his/her daily life (down to how he/she eats with proper decorum) to how a ruler should govern (with a great concern for the well-being of his subjects). Confucianism and Merit - One of the chief tenets of Confucianism was the idea that nobility of virtue (righteousness) was greater than nobility of birth. Thus Confucius said, "In teaching, there should be no distinction of classes." (Analects XV, 39) This new idea led to the concept of advancement in society based on merit and was the foundation for the Imperial Examination System, through which men gained position within the Chinese Imperial bureaucracy (government) based on their knowledge and intelligence, and not their birth. 13. According to the passage above, what type of guidance did Confucianism provide for the people of China? 14. How did Confucius impact how government leaders were chosen? 15. The Imperial Examination System (Civil Service Exam) was used to hire government employees. Based on what you have learned do you feel that this practice would benefit a society? EXPLAIN YOUR ANWER.