agricultural developments

Question 1

where did the tang and song dynasty get fast ripening rice

Answer 1

vietnam

Question 2

new techniques

Answer 2

• -iron plow
• -harnessed oxen (north) and water buffaloes (south)\
• -manure and compost fertilizer
• -extensive irrigation

Question 3

agricultural production results in ____population

Answer 3

increased
–45 million -> 50 million -> 60 million -> 100 million -> 1200 million (1200 CE)

urbanized

Question 4

Li Bo

Answer 4

• -most popular poet of tang era

- -he wrote stuff celebrating life

Question 5

why did they get urbanized

Answer 5

excess food

–festivals (spring festival–go to streets to shop and eat)

Question 6

market orientated cultivation

Answer 6

• -food production started getting commercialized

- -where regions specialize and import/export crops that grow well

Question 7

Fujian

Answer 7

souther n province that imported rice and used its own land for lychees. oranges, and sugar cane that they exported at high prices
–the govnt tried to force them to grow rice to be less import dependent. but they didn’t

Question 8

social structure

Answer 8

• -started becoming more patriarchal
• -family becomes even more important
• -veneration of ancestors

Question 9

foot binding

Answer 9

• -binding young girls feet so they grow to be malformed
• -higher class
• -makes patriarchy since the girls need male supervision to walk