CHAPTER 8 Flashcards
1. Which of the following was a major development in Chinese society that took shape in the
centuries following the collapse of the
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Northern Nomads conquered portions of China
2. Which of the following contributed to doubling of the Chinese population during the Tang and
Song dynasty’s?
Adoption of a fast ripened strain of rice from Vietnam
3. Which of the following is a reason that the Tang and Song dynasties are regarded as a
"golden age" in China?
Setting of standards of excellence in art and literature.
4. Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song dynasty
than in the Tang dynasty?
Revival of Confucianism
5. China's most enduring and intense interaction with outsiders was with…
Nomadic pastoral peoples of the northern steppe
6. Which of the following contributed to China's economic revolution during the Tang and Song
dynasties?
Complex network of internal waterways that provided cheap transportation
7. Which of the following statements best describes Korea's relationship with China in the
premodern period?
Korea adopted many elements of Chinese culture while still retaining a distinctive culture
and separate political existence
8. Which of the following was a factor in the growth of Buddhism in China after 300 C.E.?
Increased disorder following the collapse of the Han dynasty, which discredited
Confucianism
9. In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of
calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry
10. Which of the following was a political contribution of the Tang and Song dynasties?
The construction of a state structure that lasted until the twentieth century
11. “Western Barbarians” in Tang dynasty referred to
Indians
12. How was the tribute system an expression of the way China viewed itself toward the rest of
the world?
The tribute system required non-Chinese to acknowledge Chinese superiority and their
own subordinate place in a Chinese-centered world order.
13. Practice in Song dynasty that suggests women’s lives were more restricted than in the
Tang?
Foot binding
14. Which of the following is an example of how Chinese inventions stimulated innovations in
distant lands?
Formula for gunpowder triggered European invention of cannon
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