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China
Tang and Song Achievements
7.3.2
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The Big Idea
The Tang and Song dynasties were periods
of economic, cultural, and technological
accomplishments.
Advances in Agriculture
• Main Idea 1:
– Advances in agriculture led to increased
trade and population growth.
Agriculture: farming, crop growing
Advances in Agriculture
• Chinese civilization had always been based on
agriculture. They were expert farmers.
• In the north, farmers grew wheat, barley, and
other grains. The south was ideal for growing
rice.
Wheat
Barley
Rice
Advances in Agriculture
• During the Song dynasty, improvements
largely due to irrigation techniques.
were
– Farmers dug underground wells.
– A new kind of pump allowed one person to do the work of
many.
• The amount of land under cultivation increased, and
farmers learned to grow crops more efficiently.
A water wheel pump
The dragon
backbone pump
helped Chinese
farmers.
Advances in Agriculture
• Farms became more productive which meant
that food was now more plentiful, their
population grew and trade was increased.
Yes!
Chinese Cities & Trade
• Main Idea 2:
– Cities and trade grew during the Tang and
Song dynasties.
Chinese Cities & Trade
• China’s capital city, Chang’an, was a bustling
trade center.
Chinese Cities & Trade
• Trade grew along with the cities, making China
richer than ever before.
Chinese Cities & Trade
• The Grand Canal, a
series of waterways
that linked major cities
in north and south
China, carried a huge
amount of trade goods
– like rice.
Chinese Cities & Trade
• During the Tang dynasty, most
foreign trade went over land
along the Silk Road.
• During the Song dynasty,
sea trade allowed China to
open its Pacific ports to other
countries.
8. Which word means farming or crop
growing?
A. Architecture
B. Terraced
C. Agriculture
D. Economic
9. Which statement
describes terraced farming?
A. Leveled sections of a hillside where farmers
planted crops like rice.
B. Flat lands where water covered all of the crops.
C. Dry grasslands that were surrounded by
mountains on all sides.
D. Farms that were at the top of mountains.
10. ____ helped increase
trade in China.
A. Monks
B. Buddhism
C. The Great Wall of China
D. The Grand Canal
Chinese Arts & Inventions
• Main Idea 3:
– The Tang and Song dynasties produced fine
arts and inventions.
A porcelain vase
Chinese Arts & Inventions
• Woodblock printing was invented. Entire
pages were carved into a block of wood,
covered with ink, and pressed onto paper to
create copies.
Chinese Arts & Inventions
• Gunpowder was a very important invention
of the Tang dynasty.
– Gunpowder was originally used to make
fireworks & signals. It was later used to make
weapons, explosives, and firearms.
The Chinese used gunpowder
to make weapons like you see
here.
Chinese Arts & Inventions
• The magnetic compass was perfected
during the Tang dynasty.
– The compass allowed sailors and merchants
to travel vast distances.
Chinese Arts & Inventions
• The Song dynasty
brought about the
inventions of movable
type and paper
money.
11. _____ is a counting device –
similar to a calculator.
A. The Magnetic Compass
B. Porcelain
C. The Abacus
D. The Dragonbackbone
12. Which achievement / invention is
pictured?
A. Gunpowder
B. Magnetic Compass
C. Porcelain
D. Dragonbackbone
13. This invention helped explorers
figure out which way they need to
go.
A. Porcelain
B. The Abacus
C. Paper
D. Magnetic Compass
14. The Chinese learned about
papermaking from Europeans, then
improved it.
A. True
B. False