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AP World History
Chapter 12 Review
China in the Postclassical Era: The Tang and Song Dynasties
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. How did the Sui and Tang reestablish a centralized empire in China?
2. What institutions did the Tang use to govern their empires?
3. What problems did religion cause in this period; how did the state resolve them?
4. Define Neo-Confucianism; how did it influence Chinese culture and the state?
5. What problems plagued the Song state and how did they attempt to solve them?
6. Describe the Chinese commercial revolution.
7. How did the Chinese expand agricultural production?
8. Describe family life and society during the Tang-Song dynasty.
9. How did gender relations change during the Tang-Song dynasty?
10. Describe Chinese intellectual accomplishments during this period.
VOCABULARY
1. Ministry of Rites
2. Jinski
3. Pureland Mahayana Buddhism
4. Chan (Zen) Buddhism
5. Sinified
6. Neo-Confucians
7. Jurchens
8. Junks
9. Flying Money
10. Hangzhou
11. Footbinding
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
1. Compare and contrast Hindu resurgence in India against Buddhism with the
Confucian reaction to Buddhism.
2. Compare and contrast Buddhist wealth and influence in China between the Han
and Song dynasties with Roman Catholic institutions in western Europe.
3. Compare gender relations in the Tang-Song dynasties with women in western or
eastern Europe.
4. Compare and contrast Tang and Song intellectual and technical achievements
with the Muslim achievements during the Abbasid era.
5. Compare demographic shifts during the postclassical eras in China and western
Europe.
6. Compare and contrast styles and motivations of art, artistic endeavors, and
architecture of any two: Tang/Song China, Abbasid Islam, Medieval Western
Europe.
7. How had Confucianism changed from the era of Confucius to the NeoConfucians? (Change over Time)