Chinese Society

Chapter 12

Section 2

Review

China

•Located in East Asia

•Third (3’rd) largest country after Russia and Canada

•World’s largest population – over 1 billion people

1. What products were traded by China along the Silk Road?

• Silk fabric

• Tea

• Steel

• Paper

• Porcelain

Silk Road

The 7,000 mile route spanned China, Central Asia, Northern India, and the Byzantine and Roman Empires. It connected the Yellow River Valley to the Mediterranean Sea and passed through places such as Chinese cities Kansu and Sinkiang and present-day countries Iran, Iraq and Syria.

2. What were some of the subjects of Tang Poetry?

• Beauty of nature• Changing seasons• Good friends• Sadness of friends parting• Social injustices• Problems of the poor

Sample Poets

What subjects did they write about?

Duo Fu Li BoLi BoLi Bo

Critical Thinking3. Fill in the chart to describe the new

technologies developed in China.

Metalworking

Printing

Weapons

Sailing

Summarize

4. Describe the changes to Chineseagriculture during the Tang Dynasty.

• Improved irrigation

• New ways to grow crops

• New kinds of rice produced more food

• New rice that was resistant to disease

Contrast

5. How do the two forms of printinginvented by the Chinese differ?

• Woodblock: entire page cut into a block of wood

• Movable type: separate characters made of clay joined to form words

Woodblock Printing

Used like an ink stamp

Pi ShengInvented Movable Type

Movable Type PrintIndividual Characters

Evaluate

6. Which invention of the Tang and Song dynasties do you think has been mostimportant? Explain.

Examples of Chinese Inventions

Porcelain is usually white or cream colored. The first porcelain pots were left that color when they made it.

It took the West centuries to figure out how to reproduce Chinese porcelain!

Examples of Chinese Inventions

The Compass allowed people to sail farther away from home.

Examples of Chinese Inventions

Gunpowder was used to make fireworks and the fire lance.

Examples of Chinese Inventions

Paper Money

Outside the Box Thinking!Based on what we’ve learned about Chinese art, philosophy and literature, what type of painting is this and how do you know?

Dynastic Differences

TANG SONG