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Tang & Song China Review BLITZ!

Chinese Philosophies

Question: This Chinese philosophy focuses on nature and avoids conflict.
Answer: Daoism

Question: This philosophy believes in a strong government that operates with strict rules and harsh punishments. Used by Qin to unify China
Answer: Legalism

Question: This Chinese philosophy promotes education and the Five Relationships.
Answer: Confucianism

Question: Explain what filial piety is.
Answer: The responsibility of children to honor and respect their parents.

Question: Which Chinese philosophy has had and continues to have the greatest impact on Chinese culture?
Answer: Confucianism

People

Question: In Confucian China, this group is considered more important and respected more than merchants because without them China could not survive.
Answer: Peasants

Question: The upper class in Chinese society made up of scholar officials
Answer: Gentry

Question: I was China's first and only empress.
Answer: Wu Zetian

Question: This group of people were most respected in Chinese culture.
Answer: Scholars

Question: These people brought Buddhism to China along the Silk Roads
Answer: Merchants

Inventions

Question: This Chinese invention helped the Song Dynasty trade by sea.
Answer: magnetic compass

Question: Made from a special clay and minerals from China, this invention became so popular that it is commonly referred to as "China"
Answer: porcelain

Question: Made from a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. This invention was used for defense and celebrations.
Answer: gunpowder

Question: This invention made the spread of ideas and information must quicker and less expensive. It went on to influence Western Europe.
Answer: movable type printing

Question: This invention allowed China to develop a large scale economy by making trade and commerce more efficient.
Answer: Paper money

Gov't & Geography

Question: China's earliest civilization arose along the ____________
Answer: Yellow River Valley

Question: This mountain range cuts China off from India.
Answer: The Himalayas

Question: This desert is north of China and is part of the Mongol's homeland
Answer: The Gobi Desert

Question: This Chinese Dynasty is considered the "Classical" era dynasty. Paper was invented during their reign and the civil service system began.
Answer: Han China

Question: This dynasty brought an end to the Warring States Era. China is named after them and they began the building of the Great Wall.
Answer: The Qin Dynasty

Potpouri

Question: Define the Mandate of Heaven
Answer: the right of the heavens above to rule.

Question: what is the dynastic cycle?
Answer: the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties

Question: What are the 5 Relationships? Which one is the most important?
Answer: Guidelines conduct: reinforces superior a inferior roles in society. [ruler to subject, father to son, husband to wife, older bro to younger bro, friend to friend. Father to son is most important relationship]

Question: What agricultural innovation increased food production during the Tang & Song dynasties?
Answer: Fast growing rice from Vietnam allowed 2 crops in a single season

Question: These people constantly invaded the Chinese people and created fear along the northern borders of the empire.
Answer: Huns and/or Mongols