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| Identify Sui Wendi. | First emperor of Sui Dynasty. |
| What was the importance of the Grand Canal? | It connected the Huang He and Yangtze River, providing a vital route for trade between the northern cities and the southern rice-producing Yangtze delta. |
| What ended the Sui Dynasty? | In 618, the people revolted against being overworked & overtaxed; a member of the imperial court strangled the 2nd emperor. |
| What happened between 618-907? | The Tang Dynasty ruled China during these years. |
| Identify Tang Taizong. | Tang ruler who ruled brilliantly from 627-649. |
| Identify Wu Zhao. | Empress who held real power from 660, taking title of emperor in 690; she ruled during campaign in Korea. |
| How did Tang Taizong treat the peasants? | He lowered taxes; took some lands from wealthy to give to peasants; besides promoting foreign trade, he made improvements in agriculture. |
| Who was Li Shimin? | General also known as Tang Taizong. |
| Under Taizong China's borders expanded--where? | North to Manchuria; south to Vietnam; west to Aral Sea. |
| Tang Taizong had several reforms that became models for all of East Asia. What were those reforms? | Reforms in government organization and in law code |
| Why was the governing class in China so intelligent and capable? | The Tang rulers revised the civil service system; the test was hard, so those who passed were bright. |
| What was the significance of the Battle of Talas? | In 751, Arab armies defeated the Chinese on China's western frontier; it showed the Tang could not control their vast empire any longer. |
| Identify Chang'an. | The Tang capital that was burned & sacked by Chinese rebels in 907; the rebels murderd the last Tang emperor, a child. |
| During what years did the Song rule? | 960-1279 |
| Who was Song Taizu? | first Song emperor; he was an able general; he reunited China. |
| Identify "Jurchen". | They were Manchurians who conquered northern China; established the Jin empire. |
| Identify Hangzhou. | It was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty that ruled from 1127-1279. |
| By the Song era, how many Chinese cities were populated by one million people? | 10 cities had this. |
| What is movable type? | It's blocks of metal or wood, each bearing a singer character, that can be arranged to make up a page for printing. |
| How did the development of porcelain impact China? | It was a great export, and the technology for making it was a secret. Even today, it's called "china". |
| How did the mechanical clock work? | Invented in the 700's, it ran by running water. It was carreid by traders to medieval Europe. |
| How did the Chinese make gunpowder? | They mixed saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. |
| What was the impact of gunpowder? | First, it was used for fireworks; then for weapons. |
| What was the impact of paper money (started in 1020)? | Paper money contributed to the development of large-scale commercial economy in China. |
| What was the impact of the magnetic compass? | It helped China become a sea power, and the technology spread west. During the Songs, China=greatest seapower in world. |
| What contribution did the Chinese make to mathematics in the period 1000-1200? | They developed algebra and began to use zero. |
| What improvement took place in agriculture around 1000? | An improved cultivation method of rice was created. |
| As a result of trade, what religions spread? | Buddhism to Japan, Korea, Vietnam; Islam and some Eastern sects of Christianity came to China. |
| Identify Li Bo. | He was a poet who wrote about life's pleasures. |
| Identify Du Fu. | He was a Chinese poet who praised orderliness,Confucian values, criticized war, exposed hardships of soldiers. |
| What typified Chinese art during the Song Dynasty? | It showed beauty of natural landscapes and objects such as a single branch or flower; black ink was the favorite paint. |
| Define gentry. | It's a powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status. |
| How did the gentry reach their higher social status? | They got there by education and civil service positions (not be land ownership). |
| What were the levels on Chinese society during the Tang and Song Dynasties? | Gentry; urban middle class (i.e., merchants, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, minor officials); laborers, soldiers, servants; peasants. |
| What happened to women under the Tang and Song? | Their status decreased; binding feet of upper-class girls started during this period (see 291). |
| What group came to power after the Middle Kingdom fell? | The Mongols |
