Ch17. L2 Chinese Society

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Ch 17. L2 Chinese Society

Tang rulers made Chinese government stronger.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Tang rulers did not allow people to practice Buddhism.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

People who wanted to work for the Chinese government had to pass difficult
tests.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

ECONOMIC GROWTH

• Tang rulers gave farmers more land, and farmers improved farming techniques and crops; the resulting increase in food led to a population increase.     
• Under the Tang dynasty, China’s economy prospered; travel became easier as the Tang built roads, waterways, and seaports, and reopened the Silk Road; improved transportation opened China to international trade.    

China exported silk, tea, steel, paper, and porcelain. China imported gold, silver, wood, and precious stones.

China exported silk, tea, steel, paper, and porcelain. China imported gold, silver, wood, and precious stones.

Cause: More land to farmers

Effect 1	Effect 2	Effect 3
Farmers improve ways to grow food.	Farmers produce more food.	The population increases.

Which was a result of decisions by Tang rulers to give more land to farmers?

1. Farmers enjoyed peace and order in the countryside.
2. China's influence expanded around the world.
3. Farmers moved to southern China.
4. China's population grew.

China's trade increased because Tang dynasty rulers ____.

1. paved the Silk Road
2. had roads and waterways rebuilt
3. used porcelain and wore silk robes
4. encouraged foreigners to trade in China

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

• The imperial Chinese used coal to heat their homes and to make steel.
• The Chinese made strong armor, swords, and helmets for their army with steel.  These changes made the army stronger and helped workers do more work.

• The Chinese developed printing technology and printed books and paper money; books helped spread ideas, and paper money helped support the economy. 
• Pi Sheng invented a new way to print.  Each character was a separate piece, made of clay. These pieces could be moved around to make sentences.

Ship-building technology and the magnetic compass helped the Chinese travel by sea; gunpowder was used for weapons and fireworks.

WRITE 2 CHINESE INVENTIONS

What discovery was a result of using coal for heating instead of wood?

1. how to grow silk quickly
2. how to paint landscapes
3. how to create steel from iron
4. how to make paper

Chinese people in the Tang era used steel to make products like armor and farm tools because it was ____.

1. shiny
2. rare
3. soft
4. strong

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

During the Tang and Song dynasties “a golden age”, Chinese rulers supported writers and artists and invited them to work in the capital city, Changan.

• Poetry about nature, the joys of friendship, and the shortness of life were popular.     
• Paintings of nature reflected Daoist ideas, expressing people’s small part in the greater setting of the natural world.
• Chinese porcelain was popular; methods for making this fine ceramic spread to other parts of the world.

• Landscape paintings portrayed nature as a great unknowable force. Painters often wrote poems in calligraphy on their artworks.
• During the Tang dynasty, Chinese artisans became skilled aT making porcelain, a light, fine pottery that became prized around the world.

The printing of books was important because it helped spread ideas and information more rapidly.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

During the Tang and Song dynasties, writers best expressed their ideas through ____.

1. calligraphy
2. novels
3. poetry
4. paintings