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Study Guide for Chapter 13
Reunification and renaissance of the Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties
The following terms, people, and events are important to your understanding of the chapter. Take notes over
the concepts listed below answering the following questions for each concept: Who? (when needed) Where?,
What?, Why?, How?, and historical significance. Definitions are not sufficient.
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Gunpowder
Li Yuan, duke of Tang
Chan Buddhism
Jurchens
Xi Xia
Wendi
Ministry of Rites
Pure Land Buddhism
southern Song
Liao
Yangdi
jinshi
footbinding
Junks
flying money
Key Questions: Answer the following question in complete sentences (1/2 page or 6 sentence
minimum). Make sure that for questions with a bolded HTS you answer reflects that particular
thinking skill.
Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment:
1. What are some of the most important technological advancements in China in the Post Classical
Period?
Theme 2: Development and interactions of cultures:
2.
Argumentation: Evaluate to what extent Buddhism became more important to the Chinese than
Confucianism in the Post Classical period.
3. Describe the cultural effects of Neo Confucianism on philosophical structures in the Post Classical
Period.
4. What was the nature of education in the Post Classical Period in China?
Theme 3: State building, expansion and conflict
5. Contextualization: Describe China in the centuries following the collapse of the Han Dynasty and
until the reunification under the Sui Dynasty.
6. When the Sui Dynasty emerged as a strong central power, how were they able to gain the support
and loyalty of the masses?
7. What events led to the decline Sui dynasty and how did Tang Dynasty centralize its control soon
after the fall of the Sui?
8. Comparative: Compare the Han civil service exam system to the civil service exam system of the
Tang and Song dynasties.
9. Periodization: How did the collapse of the Song dynasty mirror the collapse of other strong empires
in the Post Classical Period?
Theme 4: Creation, expansion and interaction of economic systems
10. Describe the economic innovations developed in China during the Post Classical Period.
11. Change and Continuity over Time: Describe the nature of trade during the Sui, Tang, and Song
Dynasties
Theme 5: Development and transformation of social structures:
12. Describe the cultural effects of Neo Confucianism on gender and social structures in the Post Classical
period.