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WORLD HISTORY
 Red Flag Questions
Pages 309 - 315
CHAPTER 11: CULTURES OF EAST ASIA
SECTION 1: Chinese Empires
550 - 1400 AD
By the end of this section, you will be able to answer these questions:
1. How did the Sui dynasty reunify China, and how did the Tang dynasty expand China?
2. How did the Song dynasty strengthen China?
3. What were some Tang and Song cultural achievements?
4. How was this period a time of prosperity and social change?
SUI AND TANG DYNASTIES
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What event created a period of disorder and warfare known as the Period of Disunion?
The Period of Disunion
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Where did northern Chinese flee when they were invaded by nomands?
The Sui Dynasty
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Who was Wendi?
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What improvements did Wendi make to the reunified China?
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What was the greatest achievement of the Sui dynasty and what was its importance?
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How did this great achievement lead to discontent and rebellion?
The Tang Dynasty
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How did the Tang dynasty create a strong government?
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What was the civil service examination?
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What contributed to the growth of foreign trade, making the economy prosper?
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Who was Taizong?
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Why was Wu Zhao significant?
The Age of Buddhism
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Why was Buddhism appealing to the Chinese during the Period of Disunion?
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Why was the period from 400 to 845 known as the Age of Buddhism?
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Why did Buddhism lose favor with the Tang emperor in the mid-800s?
The Tang Decline
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What led to the end of the Tang dynasty?
THE SONG DYNASTY
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Why did Chinese civilization become the most advanced in the world under the Song
dynasty?
Government and the Civil Service
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What two measures did the Song dynasty take to manage their empire?
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What did Neo-Confucianism emphasize?
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scholar-officials
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Why would one want to become a scholar-official?
The Southern Song
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What effect did nomads have on the Song dynasty?
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Literature and Art
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Du Fu
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Li Bo
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Who was Wu Daozi and why did some feel that he had magical powers?
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Describe what a Song painting might look like.
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What did Tang figurines often depict?
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porcelain
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pagoda
Inventions and Innovations
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What was one major Chinese invention and what were some of its uses?
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What was a major technical advance of the Tang and what purposes did it have?
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woodblock printing
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moveable type
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Why did the Song dynasty invent paper money?
PROSPERITY AND SOCIETY
Agriculture
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How did the Chinese make their agriculture more productive?
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What led to China becoming the most populous country in the world at this time?
Trade
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How did improvements in roads and canals increase trade with China?
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What were the Silk Roads?
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How did the increase in trade affect China?
City Life
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Describe one of the China’s cities.
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What characterized the city of Chang’an?
Society
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What caused China’s aristocratic families to lose power?
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gentry
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How did the status of Chinese women change during the Song dynasty?
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What was the practice of footbinding?
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What did this practice symbolize?