Trace the Tang Dynasty 618-907 and Song Dynasty 960-1279 — civil-service examination system, technological innovations (printing/gunpowder/magnetic compass/paper currency/porcelain/forensic medicine), poetry (Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Li Qingzhao), and Neo-Confucianism (Zhu Xi 1130-1200)
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~5 min
hist.g7.f.ex_33
Matching
Prompt
Match 5 Tang-Song innovations to their inventors / dates: (a) moveable-type printing; (b) magnetic compass for navigation; (c) forensic medicine; (d) paper currency (jiaozi); (e) civil-service examination systematization. Choices: 1. Bi Sheng 1040; 2. Shen Kuo Dream Pool Essays 1088; 3. Song Ci 1247; 4. Song government 11th c.; 5. Sui-Tang 605 onward.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
matching
pairs
- a
- 1
- b
- 2
- c
- 3
- d
- 4
- e
- 5
Hints
- Bi Sheng 1040 is described by Shen Kuo 1088 (Q5 corroboration).
- Civil-service examination = keju, operating 605-1905 = 1,300 years.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Bi Sheng (printing) with Shen Kuo (compass description + printing description)
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