| A | B |
|---|
| The only woman emperor to rule imperial China | Empress Wu |
| The most famous Neo-Confucianist thinker | Zhu Xi |
| The way in which land is owned and scattered over an area | Land Tenure |
| The ability to read and write | literacy |
| a government with many departments, all led by chosen officers | bureaucracy |
| What helped the Tang Dynasty build a strong central government? | bringing back the official system of government, or bureaucracy |
| The Chinese want to end their slavery. This led to the spread of | Buddhism |
| Why didn't the Chinese grow crops such as barley and wheat in Southern China? | the area was too humid. |
| Which of the following is the best description of Chang'an? | The city's design and features were meant to be exciting to visitors. |
| The reason for the rise in population during the Song Dynasty | a great increase in food production (a fast ripening rice) |
| Why the Tang era was thought of as a golden age in China | Painting, poetry, and pottery, peaked, expanded borders, and bureaucracy |
| A possible reason for Emperor Wuzong's mistreatment of Buddhists | he wanted the Buddhists' wealth and favored Daoism. |
| This allowed the Chinese to navigate, or pilot, and open seas without getting lost | the magnetic compass |
| What was not part of the Song Dynasty's government | expansionism |
| Confucianism led to an orderly Chinese society because it... | encouraged believers to follow their roles and "respect" social rank. |
| Confucian officers thought that making money from trade was unworthy. Even So, | trade and commerece grew in the Song Dynasty |
| Where would the development of water-control devices fit? (a) Agricultural, technological, or (b) commercial innovations? | An area shared by (a) Agricultural and Technoligical Innovations. |
| What is the name of the system whereby the most qualified is hired? | The merit system |
| The Tang reinstated (began again) a government system where every official had a specific job function in a specific department. | Bureaucracy |
| What do we call the ability to read and write? | literacy (only if you can read this) |
| Where did the Chinese grow rice? | In the "humid" south. |
