Tang & Song

Tang & Song

Unit 8: Ancient Asia & Africa

Multiple Choice

How did the Tang people gain the Mandate of Heaven?

• Song rulers grew weak and quarreled among themselves.

• Arab traders took over the Silk Road trade, which undermined the Tang economy.

• Tang invaders from the far north overthrew the Sui dynasty.

• A Sui official led a rebellion that caused the Sui dynasty to collapse.

How did the Tang restore China’s strength?

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Multiple Choice

Who made Changan his dynasty's capital?

• Liao

• Li Yuan

• T'ai-tsu

• Wu

Multiple Choice

What is true about Li Yuan?

• He was the first emperor of the Tang dynasty.

• He was kidnapped by the Jurchens.

• He was well-known for his love of calligraphy.

• He was a ruthless Song ruler.

Multiple Choice

What set the ruler named Wu apart from the other rulers of the dynasty?

• being a woman

• being a calligrapher

• being an alchemist

• being a general

Multiple Choice

Which of these indicated that the Tang Dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven?

• military defeats, rebellions, and economic troubles

• crop failures, reduced exports, and weakened currency

• earthquakes, economic troubles, and isolationism

• rebellions, mass migrations, and military dictators

What effects did invaders have on the Song dynasty?

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Multiple Choice

What factors explain the major increase in population in half of China and a much smaller change in the other half?

• an invasion from the north and rich farmland to the south

• an invasion from the south and rich farmland to the north

• overland trade and urbanization

• seagoing trade and urbanization

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why the population in some regions north of the Huang River stayed constant over this time period?

• Only a few new groups migrated into or out of the region so this allowed the population to stay constant.

• Tang and Song farmers produced rich soil quality, which resulted in a population boom in some regions.

• The number of invaders who settled in those regions about equaled the number of Song who fled.

• The gains in population from an increased food supply about equaled the losses from constant warfare.

Multiple Choice

In what part of China did the population increase the most?

• the southeast

• the northwest

• the northeast

• the southwest

Multiple Choice

In what part of China did the population decrease the most?

• in the northeast

• in the northwest

• in the southeast

• in the southwest

What arts did the Tang and Song dynasties support?

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Multiple Choice

What new kind of pottery appeared during the Tang dynasty?

• kaifeng

• ceramic

• porcelain

• copper

What innovations appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties?

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Multiple Choice

What innovation would later have the greatest impact on warfare?

• black powder

• calligraphy

• movable type

• examination system

Multiple Choice

How did the invention of movable type help spread learning to more people?

• It helped printers learn how to use block printing.

• It resulted to the publishing of more books.

• It forced the Tang to open up more government schools.

• It allowed scholar-officials to get teaching jobs.

How did Tang and Song rulers manage the business of the empire?

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Multiple Choice

How did the Song improve upon the Tang version of the civil service system?

• They mandated that most officials came from the military.

• They made the examinations easier to pass.

• They opened up the system to more people

• They required students to earn their degrees in three years.