Post-Classical Asia and Southeast Asia Lecture Notes Guide
1. Create a timeline of the three Chinese Dynasties
2. List two achievements of the Sui Dynasty.
3. Describe the structure of the Tang government.
4. What was the role of the scholar gentry in the Tang government?
5. How were government employees chosen during the Song Dynasty?
6. Describe the economy of the Sui Dynasty.
7. Describe the economy of the Tang Dynasty.
8. Describe the economy of the Song Dynasty.
9. List the major religious belief for each dynasty: Sui, Tang, Song.
10.How were the Sui and Tang similar in their views towards outside
cultures?
11.How does the end of the Tang Dynasty contrast with its early views
towards foreigners?
12.Define Neo-Confucianism.
13.What is the common element of interactions for all three Dynasties?
14.List the technological accomplishments achieved during the three
dynasties?
15.What was the greatest contribution of the Sui Dynasty?
16.Describe the factors leading to the fall of the Tang Dynasty.
17.Why was the Song Dynasty pushed south?
18.Describe the fall of the Song Dynasty.
19.Compare and contrast Japanese and European feudalism
20.Describe the place of women in Japanese society under the shogunates.
21.Which group in Vietnam adopted Chinese values and customs?