Chapter 9 Flashcards
Chinese migration southward too what Rivervalley in the first millennium of the common era brought a massive environmental transformation to China
Yangzi
The collapse of what dynasty around 220 CE lead to more than 300 years of political fragmentation
Han
which dynasty reunified China in 589 CE
Sui
China experienced a golden age between 618 and 1279 during the Tang and ____ dynasty, when it was the richest, most populous and most highly commercialized country in the world
Song
beginning in the 10th or 11th century CE what Chinese practice spread the belief that enhanced female beauty
foot binding
Chinese diplomatic interaction with foreigners which required other states to except Chinese superiority at least ritually, was known as what system
tribute
The earliest nomadic confederacies with my Chinese government had to deal with equal terms was with the________
Xiongnu
which dynasty of the seventh century CE was the first to bring some political unity to the Korean Peninsula
Silla
in the 15th century CE Korea developed its own phonetic alphabet known as_____
Hangul
China ruled ___ for more than 1000 years, between one 111 B.C.E. and 939 CE
Vietnam
which Chinese aristocrat was the first important leader in the effort to transform Japan into a centralized state modeled on China
Shotoku Taishi
The 17 article constitution declared what place to be a state in the Chinese style and encouraged both Confucianism and Buddhism
Japan
The Chinese capital ____ was model for the Kumsong in Korea and Nora and heian in Japan
Chang’an
what was the name of the military warrior class celebrated in Japanese culture
samurai
in Japan, sacred spirits associated with human ancestors or natural phenomena are known as_____
kami
movable type printing was first invented in
China
China learned about drought resistant and fast ripening strains of rice from where enabling it to support a rapidly growing population
Vietnam
until the 20th century, what was the only large-scale cultural borrowing in the history of China?
buddhism
The Sui emperor ____ gave strong state support the Buddhism in the last two decades of the sixth century
Wendi
The foreign born general______Major rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in the eighth century helped turn Chinese elites against foreigners in their midst
An Lushan
which of the following was not a development during the period of China political fragmentation
China enjoyed it’s most rapid economic development before 1400 CE
this dynasty reunified China in the late sixth century CE E solidifying that unity by greatly extending the countries canals
Sui
which of the following is among the reasons why tang and song dynasties in China is regarded as a golden age
major artistic literary and scholarly advances including creation of Neo Confucianism
which of the following does not contribute to China’s economic revolution during tang and song dynasties
The importance of large numbers of slaves to work in agriculture and industry
which of the following is a reason why women are more restricted under song Dynasty then Tang
revival of Confucianism, which emphasizes patriarchal control over women
which of the following statements about women is true of the song Dynasty China
Women gained property rights, including the ability to inherit property from their families
which of the following was not a corollary of Chinese believe that China represented civilization and was at the center of the world
The belief that the Chinese foreign inherently superior race and that the barbarians could never become civilized
which of the following statements about Chinese tribute system is true
The Chinese government often gave other states gifts that were in fact worth more than the tribute that those states paid to China
which of the following entities did the Chinese occasionally have to recognize as a political equal
xiongnu
what do The Xiongnu, Uighurs& Jurchen have in common?
all four established nomadic empires north of China, and were able to get a large amounts of valuable goods from China thinly disguised as protection money that kept them from attacking China
which of the following was not a result of Chinese interaction with Northern nomads during the Tang Dynasty
The Chinese converted large numbers of northern nomads to Chinese cultural ways
confucianism have the most negative impact on women in which of the following states
Korea
which of the following statements best describes Korea’s a relationship with China in the premodern period
The Korean elite adopted many elements of Chinese culture, importing many Chinese goods and customs well sending thousands of students to China
The cultural heartland of _____ was a part of the Chinese state for more than 1000 years, encouraging both the adoption of Chinese culture and periodic rebellions
Vietnam
which of the following statements is true of Korea Vietnam and Japan
Korea, Vietnam, and Japan all adopted numerous elements of Chinese culture
which of the following elements of Japanese government was not derived from China
The belief that the Emperor is descended from the sun goddess, Amaterasu
pre-modern Japan never created an effective centralized and bureaucratic state comparable to that of China. Which of the following is an excepted reason for the failure?
competing aristocratic families had real political power, providing a centrifugal will pull against centralization
all but which of the following is a technique or technology that China exported to other regions of Eurasia
production of sugar from sugarcane
which of the following was not a reason for the spread of Buddhism in China during the period 300 to 800 CE
buddhism was forcibly imposed on the population by number of rulers who sponsored the new religion
buddhism lost state support in China for all but which of the following reasons
Buddhists led the failed An Lushan rebellion of 755 to 763 discrediting their religion in the eyes of the government administrators
