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Townsend Harris High School
AP World History 2
Homework Sheet – Post-Classical China and Sinification
Mr. Stonehill
Homework: Read Chapter 8: China and the World: East Asian Connections (500-1300)
Assignment 1: Tang and Song China (Due next Thursday)
1) How did the collapse of the Han Dynasty affect the migration of nomadic peoples and ethnic
Chinese, and Chinese schools of thought?
2) How did the Sui Dynasty (589-618) reunify China? Why did the Sui Dynasty collapse so quickly?
3) Why are centuries of Tang and Song Dynasties in China regarded as its “Golden Age”?
4) Describe the Censorate and ministries of the Tang Dynasty.
5) Describe the examination system used by the Tang Dynasty government.
6) What were the effects of the economic revolution of the Song Dynasty?
7) Describe the urban life of China under the Song Dynasty.
8) What inventions and innovations developed during this era?
9) In what ways did women’s lives change during the Tang and Song Dynasties?
10) How did the Chinese and their nomadic neighbors to the north view each other?
11) How did the tribute system differ in practice from the ideal Chinese understanding of its
operation?
12) Describe the relations between the Chinese government and the ;
1. Xiongnu (Huns)
2. Uighurs
3. Khitan and Jurchen peoples
13) In what ways did China and the nomads influence each other?
Assignment 2: Coping With China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam and Japan (Due in 2 Thursdays)
1) In what ways did China have an influence in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan?
2) In what ways was that influence resisted?
3) Describe the relations between China and Korea regarding:
1. City building –
2. Tribute Missions –
3. Students –
4. Chinese Buddhism –
4) How did Chinese gender attitudes affect Korean women?
5) In what ways did Korea NOT adopt Chinese practices?
6) How did Vietnam resemble Korea in adopting Chinese culture?
7) How did Vietnam differ from Korea in adopting Chinese culture?
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How was Vietnam able to establish an independent state?
How did the status of women in Vietnam differ from women in China?
How did Japan adopt Chinese political, educational, social, and religious institutions?
In what ways did Japan reject Chinese institutions?
How did Japan come to develop a decentralized political system?