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Chapter 7 Study Guide (P. 208-245)
Directions: Write the definitions and answers on a separate piece of paper.
1.
What year did the Han Dynasty fall?
2.
Who was Confucius?
3.
What principals did Confucianism teacher?
4.
How did Confucianism affect Chinese government and family life?
5.
How was Siddhartha Gautama?
6.
What principals did Buddhism teach?
7.
What is Daoism?
8.
What principals did new Confucianism teach?
9.
Who founded the Sui Dynasty?
10. What led to the downfall of the Sui Dynasty? How long did it last?
11. Discuss the importance (significance) of Taizong.
12. Discuss the importance of Wu Zhao
13. What type of government (state) did the Tang use?
14. What was the name of the Tang Capital?
15. How the Tang government was organized?
16. What was a scholar-official? How could you become one?
17. What technological developments improved trade?
18. Why did China’s population grow to about 100 million?
19. Why did the Tang and Song become the first governments in the world to print paper money?
20. How big was the population in some Song cities?
21. Discuss the writing of Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei.
22. What inventions allowed China to become the first to make printed books?
23. How did China change warfare around the war?
24. How did China influence the European Age of Exploration?
25. Who united the Mongol clans into a mighty fighting force?
26. What advantage in battle do nomads have against settled people?
27. How far did Ogadai extend the Mongol Empire?
28. What is a khanate?
29. How did the Chinese form of government influence Kublai Khan?
30. How did Kublai make sure Chinese had little government influence?
31. What goods were traded along the Silk Roads and who was trading?
32. Discuss who Marco Polo was and what his book was about.
33. Who established the Ming Dynasty?
34. How did Hongwu increase his power?
35. Discuss what the Forbidden City was and who was the emperor who oversaw its construction.
36. Define tribute.
37. Why were Zheng He’s voyages important?
38. Why did the Ming end maritime voyages and stop building seagoing ships?
39. Discuss the goods that the Chinese and Europeans traded in the 1500’s.
40. Who were the Manchu’s and why are they significant in Chinese History?