Tang and Song Dynasties

Which list reflects the chronological order of dynasties?

• Tang, Song, Sui

• Song, Tang, Sui

• Sui, Tang, Song

• Sui, Song, Tang

The Tang and Song is known as the

• end of Chinese Civilization

• Dynastic Cycle

• Golden Age of China

• Warring States Period

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

A series of rulers all from the same family is referred to as 

• a kingdom
• an empire
• a dynasty
• the king's list

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.

As a result of the Grand Canal and the beginning of the Great Wall

• China enjoyed 100s of years of stability

• overworked and overtaxed, the peasants rebelled

• China was invaded by the Mongols

• trade in and around China became more dificult

What is true about both the Song and the Tang dynasties?

• both collapsed after Mongol invasions

• both had to fend of invasions from Japan

• both were among the shortest of all China's dynasties

• both ruled for around 300 years

At the end of the Tang Dynasty

• the last emperor was a child

• the dynasty had been weakened by Muslim invasion

• the dynasty was in a state of rebellion

• all of the above

One explanation for the relatively small Song Dynasty was

• the stupidity of Song rulers who had no business leading an empire

• the Manchurian invasion and threat to the north

• the natural barrier of the Gobi desert

• the beginnings of a new Ice Age that made it difficult to farm

Which innovation sparked from the Song Dynasty?

• the printing press

• moveable type printing

• books

• copy machines