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APWH 10-12 Questions
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1) After centuries of division, China is reunified into small principalities under what Dynasty? | Sui Dynasty |
| 2) From whom did the Tang elite descent from? Give examples of how they incorporated this group’s culture into Tang society. | The Turks, tang sculpture shows figures used along the Silk Road, Tang used iron stirrups, wore pants to ride horses, cotton replaced hemp for clothes, polo was played, and Turkish music. |
| 3) What is the tributary system? | A system in which countries in east and southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in china , in exchange for trading rights or strategic |
| Chang’an | Chang’an: capital of empire, center of communication for empire, center of tributary system, over 1 million people in city every day, special compounds in city housed merchants, students, and ambassadors. |
| Grand Canal | Grand Canal: built to link Yellow River with Yangzi (or north to south), key components of Chinese transportation network, important route that had its own army patrol, boat design, canal towns and maintenance budget, helped build up China culturally an |
| Buddhism | Buddhism: spiritually and politically used in empire, politically it encouraged Tang leaders to blend the citizens into a harmonious society, Mahayana Buddhism predominated and absorbed local gods/goddesses making locals happy, scripture translated into |
| Bubonic Plague | Bubonic Plague: hit China in early 600’s, came from rats that got on trade ships, affected the population but not nearly as serious as Western Europe. |
| 5) Briefly describe how rivals for powers with the Uighurs and Tibetans contributed to the down fall of the Tangs. | Tension started over control of land routes west of China, political decay and military decline in all three empires aggravated problems in their neighbors when criminals and soldiers were allowed to lawlessly roam in the empires, military governors seiz |
| 6) Why did tang Empire end? | Military demoralization, region generals forced the emperor out of Chang’an, gentry uprisings (Huang Chao), though violence finally ended the Tang was never able to regain its power and glory. |
| 7) What three states fought for power after Tang? | Liao: Khitan people, pastoral nomads related to Mongols. Mahayana Buddhists Minyak: related to Tibetans, they called them selves “Tangguts”. Tibetan Buddhists Song: Central Chinese people. Confucians |
| 8) Give some examples of Song achievements in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. | Strides in measurement and observation, use of fractions, lunar calendars, time-keeping, advancements based on astronomy and math, development of the compass, celestial clock, the junk(flat bottomed sailing ship used for long distance travel), high tempe |
| 10) What is Neo-Confucianism and who is the most important neo-Confucian thinker? | Term used to describe new approaches to understanding classic Confucian text that become the basic ruling philosophy of China from Song period to 1900's, ideal person is a sage thinker rather than a warrior or solider; Zhu Xi. |
| 11) How has the use of Confucian inspired examinations important to Song cultures? | Civil men outranked military men, private academies trained young men for exams. Questions based on Confucian classics and related to economic management and foreign affairs, preparation took a lot of time but had social perks (good marriage prospects, c |
| 12) How did moveable type change Song society? | Allowed cheaper printing of informative books and examination materials, more men could take the exams, land lords had access to advice on planting, irrigation, harvesting, more people could look at illustrations, malaria control became public knowledge |
| 13) How did credit and currency flourish under the Song? | “flying money” depended on guarantees that paper could be redeemed for coinage at other locations, credit networks were managed by families so brothers, etc, paper money came about to address issue of military expenditures, inflations led to withdrawing |
| 14) Describe the role of women in the Song Dynasty. | Period of cultural subordination, merchant men had several wives in different locations, women were expected to mange home and business in husband’s absence, could not own property, could not remarry if husbands divorced them or died, girls educated enou |
| 15) What dynasty united Korea in the 10th century? | Koryo. |
| 16) What technological advancements did the Koreans use to further their writing? | Woodblocks printing on paper with ink using Chinese characters. |
| 17) What are some examples of ways China influences Japan? What are some way that they did no t influence Japan? | A legal code, Confucianism, Buddhism, centralized governments; building techniques (wooden architecture) were received from China. However, walls around cities, constant warfare, Mandate of Heaven did not apply. |
| 18) Discuss the Fujiwana family of Japan. | Priests, bureaucrats and warriors that protected the emperor and controlled power within Japan, favored Confucian learned men over illiterate warriors, responsibility for governing fell to warrior as the nobles wanted to pursue and aesthetic way of life, |
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