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The Tang Dynasty
A Tang Rule (1. Who was the military leader and who was his son who established the Tang
dynasty? 2. What year did the son become emperor? 3. What made the Tang dynasty so stable? 4.
What does bureaucracy mean? 5. How long did the idea of bureaucracy continue to be a part of
the Chinese government? 6. Who was Wu Zhao? 7. How did Wu Zhao view the Chinese people?
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A Flourishing Capital(1. What was the name of the Tang capital? 2. In the year 742 how many
people lived within the city calls? 3. How many people lived outside the city walls?4. Why was
the Chang’an said to be the largest planned city ever built? 5. What does commercial mean? 6.
Who visited Chang’an as a commercial center? 7. Who lived in Chang’an?)
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The Song Dynasty
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Fall of the Tang (1. What allowed military leaders to gain power? 2. What three things lead to
problems at home? 3. Why did the government have less control in the late 700s? )
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A New Dynasty Rises (1. How long did China have no clear ruler? 2. What happened in 960 to
unite much of China? 3. How long did the Song dynasty rule China? 4. How was the empire
protected? 5. Who controlled the military during the Song dynasty? What were the two ways
they kept peace?)
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The Examination System
1. What are civil service examinations? 2. Who are the scholar-officials? 3. Why were the
examinations so difficult?4. What was the merit system? 5. How did the Song rulers achieve
good government? 6. What were two of the rules for officials in the Ming dynasty?)
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Tang and Song ProsperityThe Emperor and the Officials(1. What was the theory of the
Mandate of Heaven that the emperor ruled under? 2.Who were the highest-ranking group in
Chinese society during the Song dynasty?3. How did they become the highest-ranking group?4.
What is urbanization?)
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The Song Dynasty Shifts South(1. Who took control of northern China in 1127? 2.What was the
name of the capital during the Southern Song?)
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Land Tenure(1. What was the pattern of land ownership before the Tang dynasty? 2.How was
the land ownership during the Tang?)
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Advances in Farming(1.How did the Chinese farming change under the Tang and Song? 2.What
was China’s most important crop?3.How does rice grow?4. What two things were developed
during this time? 5. What is a device? 6. Between 750 and 1100, what happened to the
population of China? )
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Trade Fuels Prosperity The Grand Canal(1.What is the oldest and longest human-built
waterway?
2. What does it connect?3. What two advantages did these canals provide for China?)
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Currency (1.What is money economy?2. What was the main currency during the Tang dynasty?3.
What was the main currency during the Song dynasty?)
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Expanding Industries (1.What did farmers trade their extra food for?2. What is porcelain?3.
Why was iron production one of the biggest industries during that time?)
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The Growth of Trade (1. Why did trade increase?)
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China’s Golden Age (1.Why were the Tang and Song eras called the golden age for Chinese arts
and literature?2. What do pottery figures from the Tang dynasty show?3. Why was the poet who
write about the beauty of nature?4. What were the three areas of traditional arts that were valued
during the Song dynasty?)
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