first exam guide
History 570, Imperial China
Study Guide: 1st Exam
Exam Day: Oct. 3, 2013
Have a firm grip of the materials in your reading, lecture notes, and handouts; draw a timeline to put people and events in historical context. In the exam there will be 20 multiple choice questions (60%) and 1 essay question (40%). The exam is in-class, close-book. It will be about one hour.
I. Study relevant issues concerning the following terms and know their relations:
16 prefectures of Yan-Yun Yue Fei Wen Tianxiang
Emperor Song Taizu Emperor Song Gaozong Emperor Song Huizong
Chenqiao Mutiny Li Qingzhao Chaste Widowhood
Zhu Xi Four Books Civil Service Exams
Jurchen Jin Khitan Liao Wang Anshi’s New Policies
Five Dynasties10 Kingdoms Mazu Guanyin
Treaty of Shanyuan Naito Hypothesis Foot binding
Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Four Yuan racial classes
Tangut Xixia Quanzhou Five Mongol Empires @1279 II. Sample Essay Questions: Expected length @400 words. Don’t dwell on details of just one issue. Answer all parts of the question fully. Base your historical judgment on hard evidence. You will have only limited choice in the exam.
(1) The Song dynasty marks the transition from medieval to late imperial period in China. What are some of the most important social, political, economic, and cultural changes that occurred in the Song?
(2) In what ways was the Song dynasty a turning point in the history of Chinese women? Think about foot binding, market in women, sex-role segregation, female deities, and widow chastity. To what extent was Neo-Confucianism responsible for the “suppression” of women, and to what extent was the social-economic condition responsible for it?
(3) Despite Yue Fei’s loyalty to the Song, he was executed in 1142 and not rehabilitated until 1161. Although the Nationalist government (ROC) lauded him as a “national hero,” he was removed from the national hero list by the Communist government (PRC). Discuss the controversies around Yue Fei both
Study Guide: 1st Exam
Exam Day: Oct. 3, 2013
Have a firm grip of the materials in your reading, lecture notes, and handouts; draw a timeline to put people and events in historical context. In the exam there will be 20 multiple choice questions (60%) and 1 essay question (40%). The exam is in-class, close-book. It will be about one hour.
I. Study relevant issues concerning the following terms and know their relations:
16 prefectures of Yan-Yun Yue Fei Wen Tianxiang
Emperor Song Taizu Emperor Song Gaozong Emperor Song Huizong
Chenqiao Mutiny Li Qingzhao Chaste Widowhood
Zhu Xi Four Books Civil Service Exams
Jurchen Jin Khitan Liao Wang Anshi’s New Policies
Five Dynasties10 Kingdoms Mazu Guanyin
Treaty of Shanyuan Naito Hypothesis Foot binding
Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Four Yuan racial classes
Tangut Xixia Quanzhou Five Mongol Empires @1279 II. Sample Essay Questions: Expected length @400 words. Don’t dwell on details of just one issue. Answer all parts of the question fully. Base your historical judgment on hard evidence. You will have only limited choice in the exam.
(1) The Song dynasty marks the transition from medieval to late imperial period in China. What are some of the most important social, political, economic, and cultural changes that occurred in the Song?
(2) In what ways was the Song dynasty a turning point in the history of Chinese women? Think about foot binding, market in women, sex-role segregation, female deities, and widow chastity. To what extent was Neo-Confucianism responsible for the “suppression” of women, and to what extent was the social-economic condition responsible for it?
(3) Despite Yue Fei’s loyalty to the Song, he was executed in 1142 and not rehabilitated until 1161. Although the Nationalist government (ROC) lauded him as a “national hero,” he was removed from the national hero list by the Communist government (PRC). Discuss the controversies around Yue Fei both