5-20-04

                                         Chapter 13 – East Asia Review                            

1. Why did Buddhism become popular in China during the Period of Disunity between the end of Han dynasty and the beginning of the Tang dynasty?

2. Why are the Tang and Song dynasties considered to be China’s “Golden Age”?

3. Why are the paintings of the Tang and Song dynasties basically landscapes rather than paintings of individual people?

4. What technologies did the Tang and Song develop?

5. Was China “open” or “closed” to the outside world during the Tang?  Explain.

6. How did the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty change China’s traditional outlook toward the outside world?

7. Were the Mongols acculturated and absorbed into Chinese culture?

8. Why did the Ming dynasty stop ocean exploration and trade?

9. Why could the cessation of the Ming dynasty’s “voyages of exploration” in the 1400’s, be seen as a missed opportunity for Chinese civilization?

10. How did location influence the development of Korean civilization?

11. Give two examples of how Koreans adapted or modified Chinese ideas?

12. Critical Thinking: Today, South Korea observes Hangul Day as a national holiday.  Why do you think Koreans celebrate the creation of their alphabet?

13. Describe two ways geography affected Japan.

14a)  What aspects of Japanese life were influenced by China?
    b)  How did the Japanese preserve their own culture?

15. How did women influence culture at the Heian court?

16. Critical Thinking: How was the Japanese development of kana similar
to the Korean development of hangul?

17 a) Who held the most power in feudal Japan?
     b) What values did bushido emphasize?

18. Describe three results of centralized feudalism.

19. How did the growth of towns influence Japanese arts and literature?

20. Critical Thinking: Why do you think the Tokugawa wanted to restrict the role of women?