Chapter 12 Section 2

Medieval China – Chinese SocietyPages 416-422 Questions 1-6

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

• The items were silk fabric, tea, steel, paper, and porcelain.

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

• The Subjects were the beauty of nature, changing seasons, good friends, sadness

of friends parting, social injustice, and problems of the poor.

3. Draw a chart to describe the new technologies developed in China?

Metalworking – Coal + Iron Ore = STEEL

Printing – Wood Block Printing & Movable Type Printing

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Weapons – Gunpowder & the Fire Lance3Sailing - Compass4

4. Describe the changes to Chinese agriculture during the Tang Dynasty

• During this age the Tang improved irrigation, created new ways to grow

crops and new kinds of rice products. All this helped produce more food.

5. How do the two forms of printing invented by the Chinese differ

• The 1st form of printing was “Woodblock” and the entire page was cut into a block

of wood. “Moveable Type” allowed separate characters made of clay to join

and form words.

6. Which invention of the Tang and Song Dynasties do you think has

been the most important? • Answers May

VarySteel

Printing

gunpowder

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