Tang/Song/Mongols

What was one long-term impact of Marco Polo’s visit to China?

• The Chinese began construction of the Great Wall.

• The principle of divine right was introduced to China.

• Christianity rapidly spread throughout the Yuan Empire.

• Europeans increased trade with China.

One way in which Pax Romana and Pax Mongolia are similar is that both were characterized by

• unifying religious institutions

• representative forms of government

• social equality for men and women

• relative peace and prosperity

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

• wheel and stirrup

• chinampas and calendar

• gunpowder and movable wooden type

• mosaics and domes

Technological achievements made during the Tang and Song dynasties were important because they

• were used to defeat Kublai Khan

• contributed to economic growth and cultural advancement

• increased contact with the Americas

• led to social equality between men and women

Which group was at the bottom of the social class pyramid in Tang & Song China?

• merchants

• peasants

• farmers

• gentry

Around 1200 CE, this person unified the Mongol Empire

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Confucius

• Marco Polo

Kublai Khan etablished a new dyansty when he ruled over China. He called this dyansty the _____________

• Shang

• Yuan

• Song

• Tang

What was one effect of both woodblock and moveable type printing in China?

• books became faster, easier, and cheaper to make

• the emperor enforced strict censorship laws

• anyone could take the civil service exam

• farmers could grow 2 rice crops per year instead of 1

What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

• The irrigation systems in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys were rebuilt.
• A cure for the bubonic plague was developed in China.
• Ideas and inventions spread with trade between Europe and China.
• Movable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass were invented.

What made it possible for the Mongols to conquer such a massive empire?

• they were skilled warriors who used advanced weaponry

• their abilities to govern large groups

• the weakening of the Byzantine Empire

• their success in the Punic Wars