Reunification and Renaissance: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Flashcards

3265256583	What was the impact on Confucianism of the Tang repression of the Buddhists?	Confucianism emerged as the central ideology of Chinese civilization until the twentieth century.	0
3265263267	Which of the following statements most accurately describes the position of the scholar-gentry under the Song-dynasty?	The ascendancy of the scholar-gentry over its aristocratic and Buddhist rivals was fully secured in the Song era.	1
3265268989	What caused the flight of the Song dynasty from their capital in northern China?	The invasions of the Jurchens who had formed the Qin kingdom.	2
3265276007	What group was responsible for the fall of the southern Song dynasty 1279?	Mongols	3
3265279389	The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the	Sui	4
3265284967	Wang Anshi, a prime minister in the 1070 1080s attempted to reform Song government on the basis of what Confucian school of thought?	Legalism	5
3265286708	The period of political disorder and chaos warfare that followed the qin-Han era is referred to as the	Era of Division	6
3265289882	What led to the downfall of the Sui dynasty?	excessive expensive associated with grandiose building projects and military campaigns	7
3265296549	Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation of the Tang-Song era?	paper	8
3265297701	Which of the following statements concerning urbanization in China during the Tan-Song era is most accurate	Chinese urbanization mushroomed during the Tang-Song era with a higher proportion of the population living in cities than that found in any other contemporary civilization.	9
3265317489	Which of the following statements concerning the status of women in the Tang-Song era is most accurate?	The assertion of male dominance within the family and beyond was especially pronounced in the thinking of the Neo-Confucian philosophers.	10
3265320285	How did the Song empire compare to the Tang?	The Song empire was smaller in territorial extent than the Tang empire.	11
3265325172	What was the primary reform enacted during the reign of the 1st Sui emperor?	The creation of granaries to relieve the threat of famine.	12
3265331937	Which of the following was NOT an economic development during the period of commercial expansion during the Tang and Song dynasties?	military domination of the seas	13
3265335814	Which of the following was NOT one of the reforms introduced by Wang Anshin in the face of conservative opposition?	the end of tribute payments to nomadic dynasties on the northern border	14
3265340014	In what way did foot binding serve to diminish the independence of Chinese women by the end of the Song era?	Foot binding sufficiently crippled women to effectively confine their mobility to their household.	15
3265343559	What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the Confucian scholar-gentry?	The tang supported the resuscitation of the Confucian scholar-gentry, often at the expense of the aristocracy.	16
3265350267	Which of the following was NOT an eventual impact of the development of neo-Confucian schools of thought?	destruction of the mandarins	17
3265352341	Why was the construction of the Grand Canal necessary?	The Yangtze River valley was becoming the major food-producing region of China by the late Tang era.	18
3265358028	What was a primary difference between marriages, families, and households of the upper and lower classes in Tang-Song China?	extended family households were more common in upper class households than in lower class ones.	19