Medieval China Final Exam

During the Song dynasty, this thin, beautiful style of pottery was traded on the Silk Road sea routes.

• fur

• glass bottles

• porcelain

• compasses

The Sui dynasty is credited with beginning this waterway project that helped link northern and southern China.

• Grand Canal

• Yellow River

• Reunification

• Gunpowder

Cal Lun is credited with inventing paper in the year 105 during the Han dynasty. A later Tang invention built on Lun’s achievement, allowing an entire page to be carved into a block of wood.

• Moveable type

• Paper money

• Woodblock printing

• Magnetic compass

The time of disorder that followed the collapse of the Han dynasty and lasted from 220 to 589 CE was called

• Irrigation

• Confucianism

• Reunification

• Period of Disunion

When was the Age of Buddhism in China?

• About 400 to 845 BCE

• About 220 to 589 CE

• About 589 to 618 CE

• About 400 to 845 CE

Who was Empress Wu and what did she do?

• A Tang emperor who launched a campaign against Buddhism, burning texts, taking lands, and destroying many temples.

• A northern ruler who conquered the south, unified china, and created the Sui Dynasty.

• The only woman to ever rule China; she brought stability and prosperity to China

• A Tang ruler who led the golden age of Chinese civilization.

This religion began in India at around 500 BC. It later came to China during the Han Dynasty. During the Period of Disunion many people took comfort in its teachings that people can escape suffering and achieve a state of peace.

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Taoism

• Barbarianism

What did the invention of gunpowder lead to?

• Long distance sailing voyages.

• Population growth

• Firearms and fireworks

• Printed books

Which of the Chinese dynasties started the work on the Grand Canal?

• Song

• Tang

• Sui

• Yuan

The Grand Canal made travel and trade of food and culture easier between _______ and _______ China.

• Eastern and Western

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Northern

• Ming and Yuan