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43 Cards in this Set
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How long did it take
Sui rulers to reunify China? |
Reunification took about
forty years. The effort, however, weakened the Sui and facilitated the Tang takeover |
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What is the capital of Tang?
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Chang'an
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Under the Tang, what
happened to China's monopoly on silk? |
China’s monopoly on silk
disappeared, since other regions began to produce it. However, the Tang were able to break the western Asian monopoly on cotton. |
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By the mid-800s
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the Uigur, Tibetan, and
Tang states were all in decline. The decline of each of these states aggravated problems in the others. |
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What pressure from
the Liao and Jin Empires provided stimulus to Song technological development? |
Military. To counter
the Liao and the Jin, the Song developed new technologies. |
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What did the Song
period mean for women? |
For women, the Song
period was one of increased subordination and disenfranchisement. The backlash against Buddhism and the revival of Confucianism had negative consequences for women. |
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The late sixteenth-century
reunification of China took place under the _________ dynasty. |
Sui dynasty. The Sui
ruled from 581 to 615 |
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n 618 the Li family
overthrew the Sui and established the __________ dynasty. |
Tang Dynasty. The Tang
Empire retained many of the Sui governing practices. |
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____________, or
"Great Vehicle," Buddhism predominated in Tang China. |
Mahayana
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Trade brought disease
in the form of ____________ to China via the sea route to Canton. |
bubonic plague
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A Turkic group,
the ____________, controlled much of Inner Asia in the eighth century. |
Uighur
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___________, a women
who married into the Chinese imperial family, took control of the government in 690. |
Wu Zhao
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The ___________ Empire
began in central China in 960. |
Song
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The Liao Empire of
the ___________ people extended from Siberia to Central Asia. |
Khitan
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The __________ and
Dai Viet states controlled what is now Vietnam. |
Champa
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Which of the following
events occurred first? |
-Heian era begins in Japan
-Southern Song period begins in China **C. Sui dynasty comes to power in China -D. Koryo dynasty founded in Korea |
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In 668, _________
conquered its neighboring states in the Korean peninsula. |
Silla
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The Sui Empire lasted
such a short time because |
It was exhausted by
its extraordinary pace of expansion and overcentralization. |
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The purpose of the
Grand Canal was to |
Facilitate communication
and trade with the south. |
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The Sui Empire
successfully reunified China and |
Reestablished Confuscianism
as the central philosophy of government. |
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One of the primary
beliefs of Mahayana Buddhism was that |
Bodhisattvas have postponed
nirvana to help others achieve enlightenment. |
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The Central Asian
heritage of the Tang rulers was evident in |
their political use
of Buddhism. |
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How did the bubonic
plague reach East Asia? |
It came from Africa,
spread to the Middle East, and then went by sea to Canton. |
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Which of the following
factors made the Chinese uncomfortable with Buddhism? |
Money left the tax
rolls because people often gave monasteries large tracts of land, which became tax exempt. Monks and nuns deprived their families of descendants to care for the ancestors. Monks and nuns were exempt from taxes and military services. |
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Which of the following
factors did NOT make the Chinese uncomfortable with Buddhism? |
Buddhism often absorbed
local elements of belief. |
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Wu Zhao, a woman
who had married into the imperial family, was known |
for serving as emperor
for fifteen years. |
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The Song used gunpowder
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to counter cavalry assaults.
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The Song government,
like the Tang, recognized that with its control of government examinations it also had |
The ability to indoctrinate
millions of young men. |
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What was NOT
a feature of Song cities? |
Rodent infestations
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What were features
of Song cities? |
Multi-story wooden
apartment houses Narrow streets Advanced water systems |
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Why was the concept of
the Mandate of Heaven was not important in Japan? |
Because Japanese
rulers always came from the same family. |
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The early Annamese
were NOT ahead of the Chinese in what area? |
Military tactics.
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The combination of
loneliness, free time, and writing encouraged Japanese women to |
produce an outpouring
of poetry, diaries, and novels. |
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The Trung sisters
of Vietnam did what? |
They led local farmers
in resistance against invading forces of the Han Empire. |
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What was sent to the Song
by Champa as a tribute gift and became important in the advancement of Song agriculture? |
Aa fast-maturing rice
of the region, was Champa rice |
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The late sixteenth-century
reunification of China took place under the _________ dynasty. |
Sui
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In 618 the Li family
overthrew the Sui and established the __________ dynasty. |
Tang
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What renowned Tang
poet, testifies to the persistent warfare of his times in his poetry? |
Li Bo
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What Turkic group,
controlled much of Inner Asia in the eighth century? |
The Uighur
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What woman married
into the Chinese imperial family, and took control of the government in 690. |
Wu Zhao
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What Empire began
in central China in 960? |
Song
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The Liao Empire of
the ___________ people extended from Siberia to Central Asia. |
Khitan
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The __________
and Dai Viet states controlled what is now Vietnam. |
Champa
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