World History Topic 9.2

What important factor helped China reunite under a strong leader like Tang Taizong?

• Everyone in China spoke the same language.

• The fragmented states had maintained growth, education, and advances in technology.

• The leaders in the separate areas were weakened by constant warring with each other.

• Northern China hoped to gain security from being aligned with relatively peaceful southern China.

Which of the following helped the rulers of the Tang dynasty reunify China?

• They strengthened the government bureaucracy and reformed the civil service.

• They opened up higher education to all talented people, including women.

• They raised taxes in order to help the military fight off foreign invaders.

• They seized land from peasants and gave it to powerful local rulers.

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.

Which of the following statements BEST represents an example of Daoism's ideas?

• Disputes should be settled by village leaders and a council of elders.

• Social order should be based on duty, rank, and proper behavior.

• Pottery has no value unless it is beautiful and delicate.

• Painters should portray a harmonious relationship between heaven and earth.

What inference can you draw from the social structure of Tang and Song society?

• The Chinese lived in constant fear of outside invasions.

• The Chinese placed a high value on maintaining a well-ordered social structure.

• The Chinese valued education above everything.

• The Chinese were willing to make social mobility possible, even at the cost of social stability.