AP World History- Tang and Song China

Which group rose to power and reunited  northern and southern China after the wars that followed the Fall of the Han Dynasty? 

• The Sui Dynasty
• The Tang Dynasty
• The Song Dynasty
• The Yuan Dynasty

Which is considered the greatest accomplishment of the Sui Dynasty?

• the building of the Grand Canal that connected northern cities to the agriculture regions in the south
• the building of the Great Wall of China, which protected China's border from invaders
• the creation of Rice Paddy agriculture which led to a surplus of food

Which of the following best describes Wu Zhao of the Tang Dynasty?

• The Chinese emperor who defeated the Mongols and started the TAng Dynasty
• the woman who assassinated the last Sui emperor and thus began the TAng Dynasty
• the General who expanded the Tang Dynasty into Western China and Korea
• An Empress, she was the only woman to have openly ruled China

How did the Tang Emperors weaken the power of China's noble families and strengthen the quality of its government?

• By executing officials who did not pledge loyalty to the Emperor
• By using a Civil Service systenm that required government officials to pass difficult civil service exams
• by not allowing commoners to take part on goverment- making sure that only educated and wealthy Chinese were a part of the government

The Tang and Song is known as the 

• end of Chinese Civilization
• Dynastic Cycle
• Golden Age of China
• a and c

The Tang Dynasty strengthened government by bringing back China's

• urbanization.
• bureaucracy.
• money economy.
• merit system.

What role did the Confucian Bureaucracy play in TANG Dynasty?

• It helped control China all the way to the local level
• It was replaced by the warrior nobles
• It was replaced by the Bureau of Censors
• The examination system was replaced by the Ministry of  Rites

What religion was threatened by the rising power of the Confucian Bureaucracy?

• Daoism
• Legalism
• Buddhism
• Islam

Which of the following was an important Chinese invention during the Tang Dynasty?

• Woodblock printing

• Bronze

• Iron casting

• Silk

True or False: The arts were not important during the Tang Dynasty and few people were interested in arts such as poetry and painting.

• True

• False