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AP World History
Chapter 12 - Reunification & Renaissance in Chinese Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fall of Han | 220 C.E. |
| Sui dynasty rises | 580 C.E. |
| Wendi rises to power by having daughter marry | ruler of Zhou empire and seizes the throne for himself. |
| Yangdi, son killed | Dad through throne. |
| Wendi use support of military | to conquer and reunite Chen China, 589 CE |
| How did Wendi gain support? | Food banks built (granaries) and lowered taxes (equal ratio taxes) |
| Who did Yangdi have driven back in the North? | The Huns |
| Yangdi, of Sui dynasty, endorsed | confucionism. |
| Who was Yangi assasinated by? | His ministers |
| Li Yuan was a loyal noble, minister (before becoming Duke of Tang) who | helped kept military order under Yangdi. |
| What did Li Yuan recognize, that was wrong, under Yangdi? | He recognized the corruption. |
| Li Yuan took power after Yangdi | Became 1st emperor of Tang dynasty in 626 |
| Who di Li Yuan give his power to? | His son |
| 9th century Tang had | great armies. |
| Why did the Tang take sons of foreign nobes? | To teach them Chinese ways. |
| Where did the Tang extend their empire to? | Vietnam |
| The Tang united the Yangtze | River civilization. |
| The Tang expanded larger than | the Han. |
| Did the Tang bureaucracy shrink or grow? | Grow |
| Why were gentries emphasized in the Tang dynasty? | To organize China |
| What offset nobility? | Bureaucracy |
| The Tang re-worked | confucionism. |
| What did they call people that passed a civil service like test? | Jinshi |
| How did society see those who had passed the civil service test? | They were honored and revered |
| What did passing the test mean to the family? | Office was secured for the family |
| Who was the founder of the Song dynasty? | Zhao Kuangyin |
| What was the emporor's title of the Song dynasty? | Taizu |
| What type of man was Zhao Kuangyin? | An honest, fearless, warrior who was very scholarly. |
| The Song never controlled the | Northern frontier (weaker than the Tang). |
| There was a push pull of immigration, in order to migrate what did you need? | A reason. |
| What is warlordism? | When generals try to take command and go to war. |
| In the Song Dynasty, the bureaucracy | became too powerful. |
| What is Pure Land Buddhism? | It emphasized salvetations aspects to Chinese buddhism and was popular among people of China |
| Why did many convert to Mahayana Buddhism? | It provided refuge from war and unrest. |
| What did Empress Wei do? | Poisoned her husband and put her son on the throne (@ 700 CE); palace revolt won by another prince |
| What Chinese emperor, of the Tang dynasty, persecuted Buddhists? | Wuzong |
| Where did Yang Guifei come from? | A harem of a Tang prince. |
| Who was infactuated with Yang Guifei? | Xuanzong after his 2nd wife died. |
| Yang Guifei family made there way into | court politics. |
| What did the military do to Yang Guifei after a revolt? | Had her and many family member executed. |
| What dynasty started after the fall of the Tang dynasty? | The Song. |
| What was Zhao Kuangyin title? | Taizu |
| What type of person was Zhao Kuangyin? | An honest, fearless warrior who was scholarly. |
| Who was Zhu Xi? | The most dominate and neo confucian scholar during the Song dynasty. |
| Zhu Xi stressed importance of | applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action. |
| Who was Wang Anshi? | A Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in the 1070's. |
| Wang Anshi introduced reforms based on | legalists. |
| Wang Anshi advocated greater | state intervention in society. |
| Wang Anshi introduced cheap loans to | encourage agriculture. |
| Wang Anshi could tell the dynasty would | collapse. |
| Describe Junks. | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost, rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders. |
| Junks were a dominant force in | trading in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula. |
| What did Junks have for self defense? | Gunpowder propelled rockets |
| What is "flying money"? | Money credit instruments that provided merchants credit vouchers to be redeemed at the end of the voyage. |
| What is "flying money" reduce? | Danger of robbery |
| What would footbinding do to womens feet? | Feet wrapped tightly in silk from an early age would make womens feet smaller and produced a lot of pain. |
| Footbinding made it easier to | confine women to the household. |
| Why did women participate in footbinding? | It made women more marriageable since upper class (all statuses) men preferered women with small feet. |
| What 2 main things was gunpowder used for? | Fireworks and war. |
| In the Tang era, gunpowder was one of the | most important technological advances. |
| Gunpowder was first | used in fireworks. |
| Gunpowder was later used by armies in | grenades and bombs. |
| Who was Li Bo? | The most famous poet in the Tang era. |
| Li Bo blended images of | the mundane world with philosophical musings. |
| Li Bo celebrated | the natural world. |
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