Guided Reading, Imperial China, Lesson 1

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NAME

Jayden DATE
8/27/24 CLASS
History

Guided Reading
Imperial China

Lesson 1 China Reunites

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How does geography influence the
way people live?

China Rebuilds Its Empire

Listing The column headings identify three imperial Chinese dynasties. In


each column, list two events or facts from the lesson about each dynasty.

1. Sui Dynasty 2. Tang Dynasty 3. Song Dynasty

1.The Great Wall of China was 1. civil serivce exams were 1.Revolts from the farmers led
Rebuilt. brought back. to the end of the Dynasty.
2. Wendi forced farmers to 2. peace was restored. 2.The song empire did not
work on his projects. have a strong military.

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4. Explaining Tell why Empress Wu was an important ruler.


Because she was the only woman to tule on her own as emperor.
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Guided Reading Cont.


Imperial China

Buddhism in China

Describing Early Tang rulers did not practice Buddhism, but they did not
interfere with its practice among ordinary Chinese. On the scrolls below,
describe three ways in which Buddhist monks and nuns helped ordinary
people during the Tang dynasty.

5. People turned to 6. Monks helped run 7. Monks also


Buddhism to look schools provided medical
for peace and care.
comfort.

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8. Identifying For what two reasons did Tang dynasty rulers turn
against the practice of Buddhism in China?
They belived that the temples and moanastaries were too rich, and that the monks and
nuns weakened respect for family life because they were not allowed to marry.

9. Explaining Where did Buddhism spread outside China? Who spread it?
Buddhism spread to Korea by Chinese Buddhists.
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Guided Reading Cont.


Imperial China

Revival of Confucian Ideas


10. Explaining Why did Tang and Song rulers give their support to a new
form of Confucianism?
Because they saw Buddhism as an enemy of their Confucian traditions.

11. Summarizing On the lines below, explain what the civil service
examination was and why it was important during the Tang and Song
dynasties.
It was a way to put smart Chinese men into government positions and it was important because
the Chinese emperors wanted smart people in government positions.

12. Determining Cause and Effect Fill in the organizer below by identifying
two results of restoring the civil service examination in imperial China.

Results:

Civil Service

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• Better people in better jobs
Examinations

• More fair to talented people.

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