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quiz. No answers are provided so have fun looking for them within
our pages and learn a little about the Tang dynasty!
1) Advancements were made in farming during the Tang
dynasty and one of them was the use of ______ to make tools such
as hoes and plows. Other later advancements included the following:
(name three) .
2) How did homes differ between the wealthy and poor
in architecture and substance? In what ways were the homes (in general)
alike?
3) How did the guardian "menshen" or door spirit come
about and what sole purpose did it serve?
4) The Tang diet consisted of a variety of foods yet
what a person was able to eat still depended on his or her wealth
and social status. How did the meals of a commoner differ from that
of an aristocrat? Also, what caused the majority of the population
to create a special cooking method and what was that method?
5) How could one tell apart a wealthy person from
a poor commoner based on clothing and accessories alone?
6) Like any other culture, the Tang dynasty possessed holidays, the largest being:
a) The Feast of Lanterns
b) Family Festival or Qingming
c) New Years or Guonian
d) The Drag Boat Festival
7) What was the significance of gardens and why did
so many aristocrats keep them in their own homes?
8) Peasants gained more respect than merchants and
craftsmen because:
a) they were of a higher social class
b) they were
the emperor's personal servants and therefore, more wealthy
c) they
were more educated
d) they provided the country's food and the wealthy
tended to distrust the merchants
9) Which of the following is false about marriage
in the Tang dynasty?
a) women were accepted immediately into the family
b) marriages were arranged by parents and influenced by astrology
c) a son was absolutely necessary to continue the family line
d)
the wife was always considered inferior to her husband
10) Women were handed responsibilities at young ages
during the Tang dynasty. Yet once again, the levity of those responsibilities
also depended upon social class. What were some of those responsibilities
and how did they differ between wives and concubines?
11) How was the burial of the dead similar to that
of the Egyptians and why was the location of the tombs so significant?
12) Which of the following is not evidence that the
Tang dynasty was fairly advanced in its time?
a) the creation of block printing which increased
the publication of books
b) the search for an immortality potion
which led to other great medical discoveries
c) the use of gunpowder
d) the use of horses for transportation
13) What aspects of the Silk Road made it so significant?
