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Chinese Society
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Confusicianism became.... | religious tradition; spiritual world, and rules for behavior |
| What religion did Korea favor | Buddhism |
| At what age is Chinese writing learned/taught for the silver service exam? | at age four |
| Young Chinese Children had to memorize writings of ? | Confusicious |
| how many men were successful in passing the civil service exam? | 1 out of 5 or 20% |
| How did Tang rulers view Buddhism? | Didn't like it because too much wealth and no marriage weakens families. |
| What were the two major rivers in China? | ~Huang- He (Yellow River) ~Yangtze River |
| How long did the Tang dynasty rule for ? | 300 years |
| Who was the famous ruler of the Tang dynasty? | Taizang |
| What happen in the Song Dynasty? | The Economy grew |
| Why could Chinese trade with outside world? | Silk Road allowed transportation of goods; water ways like the rivers also allowed trade/ transportation of goods. |
| List two inventions of China? | magnetic compass and large ships with rudders and sails |
| Why was movable type better for printing? | It was helpful for placing characters (letters) were you wanted to put them; if you made mistake it wouldn't be that costly |
| Who invented movable type? | Pi Sheng |
| Why did the economy of China become crippled? | Han Dynasty fell; civil wars broke out, and farmers face poor harvests |
| Why did the population of China increase? | steady supply of food |
| 5 products China traded? | silk, tea, steel, paper, porcelain |
| What did China get back ? | gold, precious stone, silver, firewood |
| 4 examples of what was written about in Chinese poetry? | beauty of nature changes of the seasons joys of friendships sadness of the shortness of life. |
| What could porcelain be used for? | vases; food bowls; plates; figurines, cups |
| only woman to rule in china? | empress Wu |
| a new form of ideas of philosopher Confucius; included Buddhists and Daisst beliefs | neo-Confuscianism |
| a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures | porcelain |
| artistic handwriting used to write poetry | calligraphy |
| Han Dynasty Falls? | 220 A.D. |
| Li Bo | popular poet of Tang Dynasty |
| Du Fu | wrote about... poverty, starvation, unfairness and war |
| landscape panting | all about nature |