U1 L2: Tang Dynasty (7.02)- ET

• - life is full of suffering

• - desire for possessions causes suffering

• - following the Eightfold Path will lead to Enlightenment

These statements are key beliefs of...

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

• Confucianism

Which of these played the largest role in Buddhism's spread throughout Asia from the 100's to the 700's CE?

• Persian missionaries

• The Crusades

• Mongol invasions

• The Silk Roads

Which statement accurately reflects the Tang Dynasty of China?

• creating Chinese writing

• building the Great Wall

• developed the Mandate of Heaven

• embraced Buddhism and built monastaries

Though the Sui Dynasty was relatively short lived, it unified the kingdoms of China. What effect did this have on the early Tang Dynasty, which replaced the Sui?

• created an economic depression throughout China

• provided stability that allowed the empire to grow and prosper

• limited southern China's ability to trade with the north

• allowed the empire to stop the spread of Buddhism in China

This map represents a network of roads that existed from approximately 100 BCE - 1400 CE.

What belief system would have been MOST likely to have traveled from the east to the west at this time?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

Match the vocabulary term to the definition

• World religion, origin in India

• Buddhism

• To bring together again

• Tang Dynasty

• dynasty that reunited China

• reunite

Buddhism spread from China to what TWO countries?

• Japan and India

• China and Mongolia

• Korea and Japan

• China and Canada

Who could become a government official during Tang dynasty?

• • anyone who was elected to office

• • anyone who defeated an enemy in battle

• • anyone whose parent held the same position

• • anyone who did well on the civil service