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12.2: Chinese Society
Essential Question: How do new ideas change the way people live?
Guiding Questions:
1. How did China’s economy change under the Tang and Song dynasties?
2. How did new inventions change China’s society?
3. Why were the Tang and Song dynasties a golden age of literature and the arts?
The Tang Dynasty strengthened China’s economy by
supporting farming and trade.
Cause: Early Tang rulers gave farmers land and brought order to the countryside.
Effect 1: Farmers improve ways to grow food
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Effect 2: Farmers produce more food
Effect 3: Population increases
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Cause: Tang rulers built road and waterways
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Effect: Trade within China increases, as well as China’s trade with outside civilizations.
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New Technology
Directions: Describe the technology and the impact each has on us today.
Invention
porcelain
Description
How we use this today
coal
steel
movable type
gunpowder
rudders with
sails
compass
Art and Literature
1. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, China enjoyed a golden age in culture. What does
“golden age” mean?
2. What did poets during the Tang Dynasty write about?
3. Describe what you would expect to see in a painting created during the Song Dynasty.