5. Regents Question
In China, the development of
ethnocentrism was most influenced by
2. its historic reliance on foreign nations
3. a long history of democratic
government
4. a strong belief in Christianity
5. its geographic isolation
17. Han Dynasty
Manufacturing and Commerce important!
Monopoly
Silk
Salt mining
18. Han Dynasty
Silk Road
ASSIMILATION!
~Farmers settle in new areas ~Intermarriage
Women still led quiet lives - Confucius
19. Han Dynasty
The Decline
Gap between the rich and poor increases
Political instability increases
Wang Mang comes to power
Great Flood (wealthy landowners upset) –
Based on Dynastic Cycle, new dynasty
needed!
Leads to the Later Han Years
20. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties
Han Dynasty divided, but Sui Wendi unites the region
GRAND CANAL
21. Tang Dynasty
Tang Taizong
Empress Wu Zhao –
first and only woman
to rule directly!
TRADE REVIVED!
22. Question:
What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the
Confucian scholar-gentry?
2. Confucianism continued to wane during the Tang dynasty
and was only resuscitated under the Song.
3. The Tang supported the resuscitation of the Confucian
scholar-gentry, often at the expense of the aristocracy.
4. The Tang continued to support and patronize the growth of
Buddhism in China at the expense of the Confucian
scholar-gentry.
5. The Tang feared the development of the scholar-gentry
and continued to support the nomadic aristocracy of China.
24. Regents Question
To ensure that government officials were
honest and well educated, Tang
emperors relied on a civil service exam
based on
2. Confucian values
3. The Twelve Tables
4. The principles of Legalism
5. The Hippocratic Oath
26. At the end of the Tang and
Song Dynasties
Movable Type Gunpowder
~Bombs/Grenades/Small
Rockets/Cannons
~Porcelain
~Mechanical Clock
~Paper money
~Magnetic compass for sailing
27. Question:
What made possible the rapid revival of the empire
under the Tang?
1. the abandonment of Confucianism in favor of the
more widely practiced Buddhism
2.the willingness of the Tang to abandon traditional
approaches to government
3. the preservation in the many kingdoms of the
Confucian traditions that had been central to
Chinese civilization
4. the brevity of the period of political dislocation
28. At the end of the Tang and Song
Dynasties Foot Binding
33. Regents Question:
The Mongols played a significant role in
Russian history by
2. supporting Czar Nicholas II during the
Russian Revolution
3. supporting the rule of Ivan the Terrible
4. ending the reign of Catherine the Great
5. isolating Russia from Western Europe
during the early Renaissance
49. Qing Dynasty
Taiping Rebellion
~Peasants upset that foreigners were treated differently
(they were given special privileges)
~Resented Chinese Christians
