PAP Tang and Song 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

Trade from China to Europe

• made China poor

• traveled along the Silk Road

• passed along the Grand Canal

• came across the East China Sea

What is civil service?

• The flow of nature

• Working on the wall

• Working for church

• Working for government

How did the Song dynasty change the economy of China?

• Established monopolies and paper money
• Implemented new farming policies
• Gave people tax breaks
• Institute a series of mining production

What were the two most influential advancements of the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties?

• Gunpowder and movable-type printing
• Engineering and art
• Poetry and medicine
• Astronomy and cartography

The Chinese invented all of the following except:

• Porcelain
• Paper
• Silk
• Number zero