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How did Wendi reunite China?
By winning battle after battle to regain the territory that made up China
How many kingdoms did China break into after the Han dynasty ended?
What is 17 kingdoms.
One group china conquered before the Sui and Lost control of.
Who are the Koreans?
What is the organized way in which people produce,sell, and produce things?
What is an economy
What made Buddhism popular in China?
What is it taught people that they could escape their suffering by following its principles.
How old were the Chinese when they took Civil Service Exams?
They were in their twenties or early thirties
Which two rivers did the Grand Canal link?
What is the Chang Jiang and the Huang He
Buddhism was brought east to Korea then later brought to these islands.
Where is Japan?
What is changes what brought improvements?
What is reforms
How was neo-Confucianism a response to Buddhism’s popularity?
What is it taught that life in this world was just as important as life in the afterlife.
Why did some Chinese people dislike Buddhism?
Chines thought it was wrong that Buddhist monasteries accepted donations. They also thought it went against Chinese traditions.
Which dynasty cane after Tang?
What is the Song dynasty
General who declared himself empower and founded the Sui dynasty. He won many battles to reunite Chine by force.
Who is Wendi?
What is where monks and nuns (Buddhist) Lived. They meditated here?
What is monestaries
Which policies of the Tang government helped stabilize China
What is they restored the civil service exams, gave land to farmers, and strengthen the military
The Song
Which group of nomads took control of the Silk Road during the fall of the Tang dynasty?
Who are the Turks
The only woman in Chinese history to rule the country.
Who is empress Wu?
The Sui and Tang dynasties reunited and rebuilt after what?
What is war
What events led to the fall of the Tang dynasty?
What is nomads drove out the Tang armies, took control of the Silk Road, and took over the throne.
Which Chinese ruler restored the Civil Service Exams?
Taizong
What was the new wealthy class in China made up of?
What is scholar-officials
Military leaders who run a government.
Who are warlords?
Buddhism became popular in China and spread to where?
What is Korea and Japan
Why had Confucianism fallen out of favor in China before the Tang and Song dynasties?
What is there was no national government to give civil service exams and Confuciansim had no support so Buddhism with its spiritual message won more followers