China Reunifies

What is the lasting achievement of Yang Chien’s Sui dynasty?

• This dynasty reunified China, ending the Period of Disunion

• The Sui dynast is the longest dynasty in Chinese history

• The Sui dynasty conquered most of Asia

• Sui dynasty leaders promoted the complete conversion of its people to Buddhism.

Empress Wu ruled China with an iron fist. Those who threatened her power risked death. Yet she was an effective leader and appointed highly skilled officials. Make a prediction: Knowing the history of China before the Tang dynasty, what would likely have happened if Empress Wu had not been a strong leader?

• The dynasty would have collapsed and thrown China into another Period of Disunion

• Her sons would have taken over leadership of the dynasty

• There were so many skilled leaders that it would not have made a difference

• An invading empire would have conquered all of China.

Like the Sui dynasty, the Song dynasty

• lasted only a few years

• reunified China, ending a period of conflict between separate kingdoms

• .was marked by great bloodshed

• was a period of few cultural accomplishments.

Why did so many people turn to Buddhism in the Period of Disunion?

• Buddhist temples offered food to anyone willing to convert to the religion

• The kingdom’s leaders forced people to convert to Buddhism.

• Buddhism offered people a strong education for their children

• They took comfort in the Buddhist teaching that people can escape suffering.

Historians view the Tang dynasty as the golden age of Chinese civilization.

• T

• F

Empress Wu was a popular but weak leader.

• T

• F

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhism experienced a rapid decline in popularity.

• T

• F

A Tang dynasty ruler under whose reign culture flourished

• Xuanzong

• Beijing

• Confucius

• porcelain

A building project started during the Sui dynasty

• Dadu

• Grand Canal

• Period of Disunion

• Yuan dynasty

A ruler who was not well liked but who brought prosperity to China

• Dadu

• Yuan dynasty

• Period of Disunion

• Empress Wu