Important People
Vocabulary
Civil Service Exams
Dynasties
Religion/Philosophy
100
What did General Wendi do for China?
Genreral Wendi reunited China, and he found the Sui Dynasty.
100
What is a warlord?
A military leader who runs a government.
100
What were the civil service exams like before the reforms?
They were unfair and based on relationship connections.
100
What dynasty did General Wendi create?
The Sui Dynasty.
100
Why did Buddhism start?
Buddhism started because China collapsed into civil war, and Chinese people were looking for peace.
200
What did Yangdi accomplish?
He rebuilt the Great Wall of China, and he built the Grand Canal.
200
What is an economy?
An organized way in which people produce, sell, and purchase things.
200
What were the exams like after the reforms?
They were fair, and based on score, and knowledge.
200
Which dynasty added reforms to the civil service exams?
The Tang Dynasty.
200
Why was Buddhism popular in China?
It let people escape their suffering and gave them hope.
300
Who was Taizong and what did he do?
He restored the civil service exams.
300
What is a reform?
A number of changes that brings improvements.
300
What dynasty created the civil service exams?
The Han Dynasty.
300
In what dynasty, did Buddhism spread to China?
The Song Dynasty.
300
Where else did Buddhism spread?
Korea and Japan.
400
What did Empress Wu do to the military and government?
She strengthened the military forces and added government officials.
400
What is monastery?
A place where buddhists meditated and worshipped.
400
Who restored the civil service exam system?
Taizong.
400
In what dynasty did the civil service exams come back?
The Tang Dynasty.
400
Why did Confucianism lose support?
The civil service exams no longer existed.
500
Who was Empress Wu?
She was the first empress to rule China by herself.
500
What is the civil service exams?
A test to get a job in the ancient Chinese government.
500
What beliefs were the tests under?
Confusion beliefs.
500
Which dynasty fell with the civil service exams?
The Han Dynasty.
500
Why was Neo-Confucianism created?
It was created to reduce Buddhism's popularity, and it taught that life in this world was just important ad the afterlife.
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