East Asia/China Review

To become a scholar official

• students had to know Buddhism.

• students had to be from noble families.

• students had to make inventions.

• students had to pass a difficult test.

A Golden Age is

• rise of cities.

• when a society conquers others.

• an age of invention.

• when a civilization is at its highest in culture.

Under the emperors of the Tang dynasty, China

• shrank in size but was politically stable.
• was divided into warring territories.
• closed its borders to foreign trade.
• united and expanded greatly in size.

What invention helped sailors navigate on their travels?

What is the delicate ceramic used to make dishes, cups, and other items that the Chinese controlled the trade and knowledge of called?

What did the Chinese use to make fireworks and eventually weapons?

Paper led to

• silk
•  money
• books
• both books and money

The structure in this picture served as

• a Daoist temple.

• protection from China's northern enemies.

• a palace for the Emperor.

• center for philosophical learning.

What trade route stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea?

Which Dynasty had the only female Empress?