AP World History

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AP World History

Chapter 12 Review

China in the Postclassical Era: The Tang and Song Dynasties

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.

How did the Sui and Tang reestablish a centralized empire in China?

2.

What institutions did the Tang use to govern their empires?

3.

What problems did religion cause in this period; how did the state resolve them?

4.

Define Neo-Confucianism; how did it influence Chinese culture and the state?

5.

What problems plagued the Song state and how did they attempt to solve them?

6.

Describe the Chinese commercial revolution.

7.

How did the Chinese expand agricultural production?

8.

Describe family life and society during the Tang-Song dynasty.

9.

How did gender relations change during the Tang-Song dynasty?

10.

Describe Chinese intellectual accomplishments during this period.

VOCABULARY

1.

Ministry of Rites

2.

Jinski

3.

Pureland Mahayana Buddhism

4.

Chan (Zen) Buddhism

5.

Sinified

6.

Neo-Confucians

7.

Jurchens

8.

Junks

9.

Flying Money

10.

Hangzhou

11.

Footbinding

ESSAY QUESTIONS:

1.

Compare and contrast Hindu resurgence in India against Buddhism with the

Confucian reaction to Buddhism.

2.

Compare and contrast Buddhist wealth and influence in China between the Han and Song dynasties with Roman Catholic institutions in western Europe.

3.

Compare gender relations in the Tang-Song dynasties with women in western or eastern Europe.

4.

Compare and contrast Tang and Song intellectual and technical achievements with the Muslim achievements during the Abbasid era.

5.

Compare demographic shifts during the postclassical eras in China and western

Europe.

6.

Compare and contrast styles and motivations of art, artistic endeavors, and architecture of any two: Tang/Song China, Abbasid Islam, Medieval Western

Europe.

7.

How had Confucianism changed from the era of Confucius to the Neo-

Confucians? (Change over Time)

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