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Chapter 12 & 13 Test Review
1) The period of political disorder and chaotic warfare that followed the Qin-Han era is referred
to as the ____________________.
2) What was the capital of the southern Song dynasty?
3) What happened to the population during the Tang-Song era? Where did most people live?
4) What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the Confucian scholar -gentry?
5) Define jinshi
6) What was the most serious attack on Buddhism during the Tang era?
7) How did the Tang repression of Buddhism during the Tang era affect Confucianism?
8) What emperor’s reign marked the high point of the Tang dynasty?
9) Describe 3 problems the Tang dynasty faced at the end of their reign.
10) Compare and contrast the Song and Tang Dynasties in terms of size.
11) Define neo-Confucianism and describe 3 effects of their philosophy during the Song
dynasty.
12) Why did the Song dynasty move their capital from its northern location in China?
13. List 3 economic effects of commercial expansion during the Tang and Song dynasties.
14) List 3 effects of the agricultural policies of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
15) How did foot-binding reduce the independence of Chinese women by the end of the Song
era?
16) Who conquered the Song dynasty in 1279?
17) What religion took the Chinese civilization to Japan?
18) What were the reforms enacted in 646 that incorporated Chinese culture and political
structure into Japanese society?
19) What was the central purpose of the reforms of 646 in Japan?
20) What group forced the Japanese imperial court to move to Heian in the 8th century? Why?
21) What were Japanese mounted troops that owed loyalty to the military elite called?
22) What were the Gempei Wars?
23) The victory of the Minamoto marks the beginning of what period in Japanese history?
24) Define shogun
25) Define bakufu
26) Describe Japanese society and economy in feudal Japan. Was it better or worse? Why?
27) Describe the lives of Japanese women in feudal Japan Page Ref: 289
28) Define daimyo
29) During the period of the warring daimyos, what led to a cultural revival of Chinese
influence?
30) Describe how the Chinese influenced the Korean government. How was Korea’s
bureaucracy different?
31) What religion were most Korean elites? Korean peasants?
32) How did China affect Korea’s economy?
33) List 3 differences between the Viet and Chinese cultures prior to their conquest by the Han.
34) What was the result of the Vietnamese drive to conquer regions south of the Red River
basin?
35) Name 3 cultural traits that were introduced into Vietnam from China after the Han conquest
in 111 B.C.
36) Why were the Chinese unable to conquer or assimilate the Vietnamese?
37) After Vietnamese independence from China in the tenth century, what aspects of Chinese
culture did Vietnamese rulers retain?
38) List 2 similarities and 3 differences between Western European and Japanese feudalism.