Political, Economic and Cultural Developments in Tang and Song China

Question 1

Tang (618 AD to 907 AD)
Emperor Taizong extends China’s boundaries north to

Answer 1

Manchuria, south to Vietnam and west to the Aral sea

Question 2

Tang (618 AD to 907 AD)
_____ extends Chinese influence to the Korean peninsula.

Answer 2

Empress Wu Zhao

Question 3

Tang (618 AD to 907 AD)
Government census was taken; the capital city ________ was the largest city in the world.

Answer 3

Chang’an

Question 4

Tang
Foreign trade on the_______grow

Answer 4

silk roads

Question 5

Tang
Arrival of ____ from South East Asia

Answer 5

tea

Question 6

Tang
New inventions of _____ ______ _____ _____ all increased trade and spread to Japan and Korea

Answer 6

porcelain, mechanical clocks, block printing and gunpowder

Question 7

Tang
Construction of the ________ linked the ____ and _____ rivers and facilitated the shipment of rice to urban areas

Answer 7

Grand Canal, Yellow and Yangtze

Question 8

Cultural developments during Tang

Answer 8

The spread of Buddhism through trade to Japan, Korea and Vietnam
Greater social mobility and movement to cities
Decline in the status of women, including the beginning of binding the feet of upper class girls

Question 9

Song China (960 Ad - 1279 AD)

The introduction of a fast __________from Vietnam led to faster growing population
__________ contributes to a large scale economy
Advances in sailing such as __________ led to the growth of ocean trade

Answer 9

fast growing rice, paper money, magnetic compasses

Question 10

Song China (960 Ad - 1279 AD)
Chinese art -

Answer 10

natural landscapes and objects drawn with black ink

Question 11

Song China (960 Ad - 1279 AD)
China’s population at _______ with cities having at least _______ people

Answer 11

100 million, 10, 1 million