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APWH – Complete study guide for CH12, 13 – due tomorrow. Completed essay due Thurs. Ch12, 13 Test is Friday.

APWH – CH 12 & 13 Study Guide
1. Discuss the period that followed the Qin-Han era. Take into account the political scene as well as religious and cultural issues.
2. Who was Wendi?
3. Discuss the primary reform of the 1st Sui emperor.
4. Who was Li Yuan?
5. How far did the Tang Empire extend?
6. During the Tang, what was the attitude toward the scholar gentry?
7. What was the Ministry of Rites?
8. Who were the jinshi?
9. What was Chan Buddhism?
10. Discuss Pure Land Buddhism.
11. Who was Empress Wu?
12. Over time, what happened to Buddhism within the Chinese Empire?
13. Who were the following women: Gaozu, Wu, Yang Guifei, and Wei?
14. Who was Zhao Kuangyin?
15. During the era of the Song, which dynasties were united? Which was not?
16. Compare the Song and Tang dynasties.
17. What was the position of the scholar-gentry during the Song?
18. Who was Zhu Xi?
19. What resulted from the development of the neo-Confucian school of thought?
20. Why did the Song dynasty flee from their capital?
21. Why was the Grand Canal built?
22. Discuss the economic development during the Tang and Song dynasties.
23. Where was the capital of the southern Song?
24. What was the social impact of footbinding?
25. Discuss the technological innovations of the Tang-Song era.
26. Who brought about the end of the southern Song dynasty?
27. Discuss the status of women in the Tang-Song era.
28. Who was Bi Sheng? Who was Li Bo?
29. How did Confucian intellectuals display their interest in nature?
30. When was the height of Chinese influence in Japan?
31. Through which religion did Chinese culture spread to Japan?
32. What was significant about the Tokugawa period in Japanese history?
33. What were the Taika reforms?
34. What was the Tale of Genji?
35. Who were the bushi? The samurai?
36. What happened to the status of the peasants in Japan when the samurai rose to power?
37. What was significant about the Ashikaga Shogunate? Their relationship to the emperor?
38. Politically, what resulted from the destruction of the Ashikaga Shogunate?
39. Which kingdom in Korea had an independent government?
40. Identify the dates/chronology of the following dynasties in Korea: Yi, Koryo, Mongol, Silla.
41. Who preferred Buddhism in Korea?
42. What aspects of Chinese culture did Vietnam retain even after their independence?
43. What was a major factor in the inability of the Chinese to maintain the Vietnamese?