Chapter 8: Central and East Asia- The revival of China and the Impact of the Mongols.
Reading guide
1.
Describe China after the fall of the Han Dynasty.
2. Who reunited China and what was the Dynasty called?
TANG DYNASTY
3. Explain the rise of the Tang Dynasty.
4. From whom did the Tang emperors and nobles descend?
5. What were the major influences over the Tang emperors?
6. Discuss the process the Tang leaders used to build a powerful dynasty.
7. What role did the scholar gentry play in the Tang government?
8. Why did the Chinese call their empire the “Middle Kingdom?”
9. Define:
hegemony:
tributary:
10. Explain the kowtow and the importance of this practice.
11. Define the equal field system and explain its importance.
12. How did the Tang view on the scholar gentry lead to a shift in the social classes?
13. What was the Grand Canal? Explain its importance?
12. Give an example of how the Tang Dynasty was able to infuse both the Chinese and Turkish culture.
13. Who was Xuanzang?
14. Explain the role of Buddhist monasteries in China?
15. Describe the decline of Buddhism in China.
16. List the reasons why the Tang Dynasty declined.
Song Dynasty
17.Color and label the Song Dynasty. Discuss the
Challenges the Song had in the beginning.
18. Explain the reason for the division in the eras
of the Dynasty
19. Describe what happened to the military. Why was this done? What was the major result?
20. Describe the shifting role of the scholar gentry.
21. What advances in processing and production occurred?
22. What two important technologies were developed? What effect did these have on society?
23. What was the importance of the Song capital, Kaifeng?
24. Discuss the importance of:
Paper money:
Compass:
25. Discuss the importance of the city of Hangzhou.
26. DefineChampa Rice:
27. Explain the difference between, Buddhism, Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism. You may draw a chart.
28. Explain the role of women during the Song Dynasty, including the importance of Wu Zhao and the practice
of foot binding.
Korea
29. Describe Korea in the 2nd century BCE.
30. Who made up the “Three Kingdoms?” What was their primary religion?
31. Which kingdom eventually to control. What became an influence on the kingdom?
32. Describe the relationship between Korea and China during the 7th century.
33. Write comparison statements describing the major differences between Korea and China.
34. List the major artistic and technologies that the Koreans improved.
Vietnam
35. What culture was absorbed by the Viets?
36. Discuss the major traditions and practices the Viets adopted from the Chinese?
Japan
1. Explain how Japan’s geography shaped its language, culture and governmental structures?
2. Define Shintoism.
3. What two other foreign beliefs impacted Japanese rule?
4. The Heian Era is considered the Golden Ages of Medieval Japan. What family ruled during this time and
why were they successful?
5. Why is the Tale of Genji an important piece of literature during the Heian Era?
6. What is the name for a military general that rules in the place of the emperor?
7.
Define:
a.
Bakufu:
b.
Samurai:
c.
Bushido code:
8.
Japan utilized “selective borrowing,” choosing what they wanted to adopt from different cultures. What
did they adopt from China and what did they choose not to?