Chapter 11, L.2 Review

During the Tang era, irrigation improved, leading to new crops that could grow in poor soil. These new crops included ________ .

• corn

• rice

• silk

• tea

The Chinese discovered that they could use which substance to heat things and make steel?

• coal

• gunpowder

• oil

• wood

In the Song dynasty, the Chinese economy grew when they printed __________.

• books

• maps

• newspapers

• paper currency

During the Song dynasty, the painting of these was popular __________.

• harmonies

• landscapes

• portraits

• still lives

During the Tang period, trade improved because of the reopening of the Silk Road and the opening of __________.

• gold mines

• larger caravans

• new seaports

• the Porcelain Road

the most popular poet of the Tang era

• calligraphy

• Changan

• Du Fu

• Li Bo

• porcelain

the Tang poet and civil servant who wrote about the suffering of the common people

• calligraphy

• Changan

• Du Fu

• Li Bo

• porcelain

the capital city of the Tang and Song eras

• calligraphy

• Changan

• Du Fu

• Li Bo

• porcelain

a fine clay that is baked at high temperatures

• calligraphy

• Changan

• Du Fu

• Li Bo

• porcelain

art of writing characters beautifully

• calligraphy

• Changan

• Du Fu

• Li Bo

• porcelain