Chinese Dynastic Chronology

Question 1

1644CE - 1911CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 1

Qing

Question 2

MONGOL Dynasty; 1st of 2 foreign dynasties; KUBLAI KHAN; extend Grand Canal; fascinated with Muslim scholars and outside ideas/religions which were all present in his court; Mongols bolster position of merchants/artisans; peasants benefit; EXAM SYSTEM thrown out which makes scholar-gentry furious. Kept Chinese ways of governing

Answer 2

Yuan

Question 3

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Sui

Answer 3

581CE-618CE

Question 4

Begins the GOLDEN AGE of China; 2nd greatest dynasty; largest landed Chinese empire; Literature: DIAMOND SUTRA - first printed book; love/hate relationship with Buddhism

Answer 4

Tang

Question 5

Reunification!

Answer 5

Sui

Question 6

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Ming

Answer 6

1368CE-1644CE

Question 7

Doubtless mythical dynasty, credited for being the first civilization along the Yellow River, Oracle Bones

Answer 7

Xia

Question 8

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Song

Answer 8

860CE-1278CE

Question 9

NEW POLICY! State-sponsored overseas trade expeditions; [less than 30 years] repair and extend Great Wall; Forbidden City built - Tribute System of Economics; Emperors not seen in public; SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION

Answer 9

Ming

Question 10

Remarkable advances in technology, culture, and economics, NEO-CONFUCIANISM is primary doctrine; military weakens; compass, movable type, abacus, agricultural advances, military use of gun powder; foot binding for women; concentrate more on China and reject everything foreign; collapses to MONGOLS!!!

Answer 10

Song

Question 11

1279CE - 1368CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 11

Yuan

Question 12

Shihuangdi - “First Emperor” of united China; legalism; Great Wall of China, simplified Chinese script, standardized weights/measures, etc.

Answer 12

Qin

Question 13

1368CE - 1644CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 13

Ming

Question 14

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Xia

Answer 14

Pre-1600BCE

Question 15

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Qing

Answer 15

16444CE-1911CE

Question 16

1046BCE - 256BCE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 16

Zhou

Question 17

581CE - 618CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 17

Sui

Question 18

1600BE - 1046BCE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 18

Shang

Question 19

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Yuan

Answer 19

1279CE-1368CE

Question 20

207BCE - 220CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 20

Han

Question 21

618CE - 807CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 21

Tang

Question 22

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty:

Tang

Answer 22

618CE-807CE

Question 23

2nd of 2 foreign dynasties and the LAST; Manchurians; CANTON SYSTEM established for foreign trade; sought to copy Chinese institutions; rapid population increase due to sweet potato: late 1700s = decline; cheating on exam systems; OPIUM from British = silver drain; OPIUM Wars [1840s]; Taiping Rebellion [1850s-60s]; Boxer Rebellion [c. 1900] = ANTI FOREIGN SENTIMENT! Defeat in Sino-Japanese War [1884-85]

Answer 23

Qing

Question 24

Mandate of Heaven; father-to-son succession. Feudalism; longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history; Warring Stats Period [475BCE-221BCE], banned human sacrifice

Answer 24

Zhou

Question 25

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty: | Zhou

Answer 25

1046BCE-256BCE

Question 26

860CE - 1278CE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 26

Song

Question 27

221BCE - 207BCE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 27

Qin

Question 28

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty: | Han

Answer 28

207BCE-220CE

Question 29

Best bronze working civilization in the world; human sacrifice, multiple families under this "dynasty" with different capital cities. Chung Kuo

Answer 29

Shang

Question 30

Confucianism is primary doctrine; civil service exam instituted for government jobs; paper & gun powder; Pax Simien

Answer 30

Han

Question 31

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty: | Shang

Answer 31

1600BCE-1046BCE

Question 32

Periodize the following Chinese dynasty: | Qin

Answer 32

221BCE-207BCE

Question 33

Pre-1600BCE Chinese Dynasty

Answer 33

Xia