9.2

How did the system of land reform under the Tang emperors strengthen the central government?

• It gave more land to wealthy landowners.

• It increased productivity due to improved farming methods.

• It weakened the power of large landowners.

• It weakened the power of the peasants.

China remained divided for 400 years until what event?

• the rise of the Song dynasty.

• the rise of the Tang dynasty.

• China’s transformation into a tributary state.

• the Arab invasion of western China.

The payment a woman brings to marriage.

• estate

• personage

• pagoda

• dowry

The wealthy landowning class in China

• boyars

• gentry

• nobles

• samurai

How did the Song dynasty survive despite military setbacks?

• They paid tribute taxes to the forces that had defeated them.

• They broke apart the countries they controlled into smaller kingdoms that would be easier to defend.

• They encouraged innovation in technology and agriculture and supported an extensive trading system.

• They adjusted their social structure, making it easier for lower-class peasants to move up in society to become gentry.