Tang and Song Dynasties along with Buddhism

What bothered the Prince about life, even though he was living in a palace where he had all the luxuries a person could wnat?

• Old Age

• Sickness

• Death

• All the Above

After meeting the monk, the Prince traveled where to find peace and calm?

• The Silk Road

• India

• China

• Japan

Life is filled with suffereing; Suffereing is caused by peoples wnats; Suffering can be stopped if people stop wanting things; To stop, people must follow certain laws.  This is called what?

• The Golden Rule

• The 4 Golden Rules

• The 4 Noble Truths

• The Middle Way

The laws people should follow to stop suffereing are called what?

• eightfold path

• the path to nirvana

• the silk road

• proverbs

The Laughing Buddha is most commonly seen as a chubby or fat man painted gold/

• True

• False

Mr. Morrison said that the Laughing Buddha looked pretty close to what the actual Buddha lloked like.

• True

• False

Approximately how many people practice Buddhism today?

• 100 Million

• 500 Million

• 100 Billion

• 500 Billion

During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yangdi did 3 things of significance.  Which are the correct 3?

• Lowered taxes, built up an army to defend China, expanded the Great wall

• Raised taxes, Built the Grad Canal, Demolished the Great Wall

• Raised taxes, Built a bridge between the yellow and the Yangtze River, Extended the Great Wall

• Raised taxes, Expanded the Great Wall, Built the Grand Canal

How Long did the Tang Dynasty last?

• 40 years

• 400 years

• 30 years

• 300 years

Who was the only woman ruler of China?

• Empress Woo

• Empress Wu

• Empress Taizong

• Empress Yangdi