The Civil Service System:
1. How did the Tang and Song governments change the civil-service system?
2. Where did the Chinese believe the emperor got his order to govern? In practice, with whom did the emperor have to share his power?
3.Why did the Tang and Song governments build an elaborate system of roadways and waterways throughout China?
The Birth of a New Economy:
1. What were some changes that occurred in farming in China during the Tang and Song dynasties?
2. What was a cash? What was a major problem with it? How did the Song dynasty in 1024 solve the problem?
3. Where did most merchants live, and why?
A Continuing Heritage:
1. What were some things the Chinese invented centuries before the West?
2. What was probably the most significant invention of the Tang and Song periods? How was it improved in 1045?
3. When did the Chinese invent gunpowder? When did they invent guns?