Chinese historians in the past generally viewed Chinese history as
repeated cycles of dynastic birth, vigor, and decline
Between 742 and 1100, China's population
became the largest of any country in the world
The population growth experienced by China between 800 to 1100 was encouraged by
the expansion of rice cultivation in central and sourthern China
The world's first paper money was developed in China
as a way to avoid heavy bags of coins
The _______ dynasty ruled China from 960 to 1279
Song
The Song government traded tea to other countries to help meet its military need for
horses
In the history of Chinese tea
taxes on tea were long a major source of government revenue
The most pressing chronic problem facing the Song dynasty was
the presence of powerful tribal confederations on its frontiers
This was not an important invention from the Tang or Song dynasty periods
the barometer
The great majority of those who prepared for Song civil service exams
never became officials
The immensely learned Zhu Xi is generally credited with the
full developement of Neo-Confuscianism
In the practice of concubines in China
the children from a concubine held equal status with the children from a wife
This was not characteristic of the Song dynasty economic upsurge
the widespread use of Arabic as the language of business in South China
The ________ period in Japan lasted from 794 to 1185
Heian
The system of rule in which Japanese emperors abdicated but continued to exercise power through surrogates is called
cloistered government
The samurai were
skilled warriors in Japan
For the samurai, the term Bushido referred to
a code of conduct in which to live their lives
The first Kamakura shogun was
Yorimoto
The most popular form of Buddhism among the samurai was
Zen
Zen teachings held enlightenment could be achieved
through sudden insight into one's own true nature
