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China Unit (Textbook pages 210~237)
Note #1: (pg213)
1. The Han Dynasty had been what kind of period for China?
2. Why was the Han Dynasty weakened?
3. Describe the disorder which followed the fall of the Han Dynasty?
4. How did the invading nomads change?
5. What helped people to prosper in the south?
6. What type of lives did most Chinese lead?
Note #2: (pg214~215)
1. What is Buddhism?
2. What was Siddhartha known as?
3. What principles does Buddhism teach?
4. How did Buddhism arrive in China?
5. How did Buddhist teachings help people?
Note #3: (pg216~219)
1. Who declared himself first emperor of the Sui Dynasty?
2. What did Wendi restore?
3. How did he reduce conflict?
4. What did candidates for government jobs have to take?
5. What did the Grand Canal connect?
6. Why did the Chinese revolt against the Sui?
7. What happened to China’s borders?
8. What was expanded which helped bring the country together?
9. What did the Tang fully adopt?
10. Why was Taizong considered to be fair and just?
11. What was one of the greatest achievement of Wu Zhao?
12. What reached new heights during the rule of Xuanzong?
Note #4: (pg223~224)
1. How did the Tang rule more efficiently?
2. Why was the Tang capital of Chang’an important?
3. Who was at the top of the Tang government?
4. What was each department of China in charge of?
5. Why did the law code of China list all of the laws?
6. What did the state exam test?
7. Why were most scholar-officials wealthy?
8. What did the Song Dynasty set up?
Note#5:
Changes in Travel and Trade (page 225)
1. What helped tie the Chinese empire together?
2. What improved communication?
3. What provided an efficient way to move goods and people?
4. What two technological developments improved trade?
Changes in Agriculture (page 226)
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What could farmers do with the new rice from Southeast Asia?
How did Chinese farmers gain cropland?
What did farmers do with their extra rice?
What did extra food mean?
Change in Commerce (page 227)
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Where were Chinese foods and other products traded?
How did China solve the problem of using coins to pay for goods?
Where did China’s merchant class live?
What did China have by the Song period?
Note#6: (pg 227~229)
1. What did Chinese poets write about?
2. What kinds of art were very popular?
3. What is a porcelain?
4. What was manufactured in large quantities?
5. What allowed many pages of print to be manufactured quickly?
6. What was first used as fireworks then as a weapon?
7. What made the European Age of Exploration possible?
8. What was used as a medicine and later became a popular drink?
Note#7: (pg 233~237)
1. What part of China did Genghis Khan invade?
2. How do nomads have a military advantage against settled people?
3. What did the Mongols control under Kublai Khan’s rule?
4. How did Kublai Khan change the way government officials were chosen?
5. Who were chosen to educate the sons of the Mongol nobility?
6. What did China become more open to during Kublai’s rule?
7. How did the Mongols encourage trade?
8. Where did caravans move?
9. What other type of trade did the Mongols encourage?
10. Who was the most famous European visitor during the Mongol period?