Advances in Technology
The Start of the Song
Northern Song
Southern Song
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100
What item invented by the Song is used in many fireworks today?
Gunpowder
100
What was the name of the dynasty Emperor Taizu started?
The Song dynasty.
100
Who did Northern Song fall to?
The Jin.
100
Who escaped to start Southern Song?
The son of the last emperor.
100
Who was the first emperor of the Song?
Emperor Taizu.
200
Do people still use some of the Song inventions today?
Yes.
200
The first half of Song history is called ________. A. Northern Song B. Southern Song
A, Northern Song
200
True or false? Northern Song is the second half of Song history.
False.
200
Who did Southern Song have to pay a fee to?
The Jin.
200
True or false? The Song people grew rice.
True.
300
Name two of the three major Song inventions.
Magnetic Compass Gunpowder Moveable type
300
Emperor Taizu was convinced to start a new dynasty by whom?
His own troops.
300
Who did emperor Taizu appoint to lead his armies?
Scholars.
300
Did Southern Song actually defeat Jin?
Yes, but then they were turned on.
300
What was Emperor Taizu before he was emperor?
A military general.
400
What made the compass work?
Magnets.
400
Who was the second emperor of Song?
Taizong.
400
Emperor Taizu appointed scholars to lead his armies. Did this strengthen them, or weaken them?
Weakened.
400
Who captured Southern Song?
The Mongols.
400
True or false? The Song dynasty was prosperous in agriculture.
True.
500
Literature and poetry were very popular in Song culture. What invention inspired all of this?
The moveable type.
500
What was Emperor Taizu's name before he became emperor?
Zhao Kuangyin.
500
Is Northern Song a time period, or the north part of Song?
A time period.
500
Southern Song was allied with who against the Jin?
The Mongols.
500
Song history is divided into two periods. What are these two time periods?
Northern Song and Southern Song.
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