WH East Asia Review

The Tang and Song dynasties are known as the ________.

• end of Chinese civilization

• Golden Age of China

• Guardians of Chinese civilization

• dawn of justice for Chinese civilization

Who was Empress Wu?

• the only male empress to reign over China

• the only female empress to reign over China

• the only First Lady of the United States

• the first female Prime Minister of Japan

What major construction project by the Sui Dynasty helped improve national transportation and trade in China?

• Silk Road

• Panama Canal

• Brightline

• Grand Canal

How did the Tang Dynasty manage their empire?

• using transportation and military force

• by completing the Great Wall

• through central government, network of roads, trade, and civil service system

• restored the caste system and democracy

Which of the following is one way Chinese society changed during the Tang and Song periods?

• increase of the population moving to the cities

• more people retreated to rural China

• less young people attempted to take civil service examinations

• people took less of an interest in the arts and technology

What was the new component that was added to Confucianism to make it neo-Confucianism?

• movement that contained a religion component that traditional Confucian philosophy did not

• movement that included Christianity that traditional Confucian philosophy did not

• movement that encouraged violence that traditional Confucian philosophy did not

• movement that was more concerned with politics and considered a response to Buddhism

What was one reason for the decline of the Tang Dynasty?

• internal rebellions

• inability to build roads

• failure to trade

• threat from the avengers

Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties?

• wheel and stirrup

• domes and buildings

• gunpowder and movable wooden type

• Trains and steamships

To become a scholar-official ___________.

• students had to work on farms

• students had to know Buddhism

• students had to make an invention

• students had to pass a difficult test

Which of the following was one way the Song Dynasty managed their empire?

• by force through their military strength

• using a policy called the tribute system

• by threatening invasion of nomadic tribes

• creating a security network