Question | Answer |
Which did not occur during the Tang dynasty? | China underwent a period of disunion. |
Why did Buddhism spread during the period of disunion? | The people sought to escape suffering. |
Why did cities grow during the Tang and Song periods? | Businesses expanded to buy and sell agricultural products. |
What is not a Chinese invention of the Tang and Song periods? | crop irrigation. |
Confucius | lived 1,000 years before the Song dynasty. |
Confucius's ideas were about | proper behavior. |
How was Neo- Confucianism different from Confucianism? | It also focused on spiritual questions. |
Who was Genghis Khan? | a great Mongol warrior and conqueror of north China. |
Marco Polo wrote a book about | his visits to China. |
What did Zheng He not do. | Bring Marco Polo to China. |
What is a Chinese discovery? | Magnetic compass. |
What is woodblock printing? | Book pages are carved into wood and then printed on paper. |
The civil service esams tested knowledge of | Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism. |
A bureaucracy is | a body of unelected government officials. |
What was the result of the civil service exams? | A stable Song government. |