Week of 2/3-2/7

Monday 2/3:    SNOW DAY

Tuesday 2/4:    Questions for Song China are due TOMORROW! (see older post for questions).
                          Male and female readings are due tomorrow.

Wednesday 2/5: Song questions are due!
                           Male and Female readings are due!

Thursday: 2/6:   Documents 1,2,4 and missing voices for Buddhism DBQ.

Friday: 2/7:        Documents are due!

Week of 1/27- 1/31

Monday: Midterms

Tuesday: Midterms

1/29: Wednesday
  Questions in textbook for post-Classical China are due. Questions 1-7 are due TODAY!!!  See below.  Answer in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.

1/29: Wednesday: Tang poems and questions due tomorrow.


1/30: Thursday: Poem questions due TODAY!
          Questions 8-10 are due tomorrow (FRIDAY).  See below.

1/31: Friday: Questions 8-10 due TODAY!

Post-Classical China

The Early Tang Empire

 

Using pages 268-278 in your textbook, answer the following questions.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE CORNELL NOTES!

 

1. What dynasty reunified China after the fall of the Han and many years of fighting?  How long did it last?  Why do you think it lasted for such a short time?

 

 

2. How did the Tang avoid “over centralization?”

 

 

3. What evidence can we see that the Tang dynasty was interested in building up the strength of their military?

 

 

4. Support the reasoning of many historians when they characterize the Tang Empire as “cosmopolitan.”

 

 

5. What was the capital of the Tang Empire?

 

 

6. Define tributary system.  Explain it in your own words.

 

 

7. How did the Grand Canal benefit the Chinese economy?  Give three specific pieces of evidence.

 

 

 

Rivals for Power in Inner Asia

 

8. What three groups of people were fighting for power in China from 600-751CE?

 

 

9. Using at least THREE examples from the text support the following statement:

“The Tang elites came to see Buddhism as undermining the Confucian idea of the family as the model fro the state.”  (use pages 276-277 to find your answers)

 

10.  Explain THREE reasons for the fall of the Tang Empire.

 

 

 

 

Post-Classical China

The Song Empire

 

Using pages 278-282, answer the following questions on a SEPARATE sheet of paper.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE CORNELL NOTES!

 

 

1. After the fall of the Tang, what three states emerged and fought for power?

 

 

2. Explain 3 advancements of the Song.

 

 

3. Why did the Song have to fight their northern rivals?

 

 

4. Define and explain neo-Confucianism.

 

 

5. How did the Song’s attitude differ from the Tang’s attitude when dealing with Buddhism?

 

 

6. Moveable type allowed for cheaper printing pf books.  Explain 3 ways this would impact Chinese society.

 

 

7. What was the capital city of the Song?  What was this city like?

Week 1/6-1/10

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to the third time period

600CE-1450CE

 

 

Monday 1/6

1. Please read the reading titled "5 Pillars" and complete the "meaning" column on the 5 Pillars for class tomorrow.

 

Tuesday 1/7

1. 5 Pillars reading and chat due today!

2. Spread of Islam reading and questions on reading due Thursday 1/8.

3. We have guidance scheduling today in class.

Vacation homework

DUE on Thursday 1/2:

Reading on classical women and your part of the chart.  WE NEED THIS FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY!


Have a nice vacation!

Review Sheet for 600BCE-600CE TEST

TEST IS THURSDAY 12/19....I would study! 

 

Review sheet for 600 BCE to 600 CE

Remember this is a review sheet, it is meant to help you to organize your notes.

·         Classical Empires (Persia, Greece (City-states- Empire), Rome (Republic-Empire), Maurya/Gupta, Qin and Han)

·         Governance & Philosophies

·         Locations

·         Social Structure & Gender Structure

·         Achievements

·         Beliefs/Philosophies

·         Major Leaders and Impact

·         Trading Patterns & Economic Systems

·         Factors that Caused the Decline (Late Classical 200 CE-600 CE)

·         Results of the Decline

·         Belief Systems (Polytheism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity)

·         Origin

·         Leaders

·         Role of Women

·         Spread/Impact

·         Beliefs/Practices

·         Common Characteristics

·         Trading Systems & Religious Diffusion (What was traded/cultural diffusion, who traded, location of trade routes, etc)

·         Indian Ocean Trade

·         Trans-Saharan

·         Silk Road

·         East European

·         Sub-Saharan

 

·         Diverse interpretations of Civilizations

·         How are the time periods F-600BCE and 600BCE-600CE different/same and why?

 

 

Han and Rome Webquest--DUE 12/17

THE HAN AND ROMAN EMPIRES: STABILITY AND ORDER

 

In class, we have studied the development of two contemporary empires, Rome and Han China.  Both empires were able to promote political stability for hundreds of years in the lands they controlled.  In the process, they spread their culture.  One way that order and stability was pursued was through military strategy.  Both the Romans and the Han created huge land empires.

 

To complete each assignment below, use the links at the bottom of the page, as well as information from your textbook.  You will need this information to write a comparative essay later in the week…maybe.

 

Assignment #1:  Study maps of both empires.  Compare and contrast the geographical scope of each.  What did they have in common?  What are some of the differences? (Hint: study the geographical features) How much ethnic diversity was there in each empire?  How did the empires secure their borders?  How the Romans and Han Chinese promoted military security.

 

Assignment #2: The Romans and the Han Chinese also shared many of the same strategies in promoting the authority of the central government.  Both political systems gave broad powers to emperors.  Each system had many methods of promoting the emperor’s authority.  How did each empire promote the authority of the emperor?  What were the emperors expected to do for the empire?  Why were people supposed to submit to their authority?

 

Assignment #3: Through the political office of the emperor, the Romans and the Han Chinese were able to centralize the power of the central government.  Read the information on the websites for assignment 3.  Using the broad powers of these specific emperors, how were these two able to strengthen the power of the central government?  How did they use this power to promote order and stability?  What did they do?

 

 

 

Click over the site and while holding ctrl.  The site should put up at the top of the page.  Click on it to view.

Sites for assignment #1

• Trade routes and Great Empires of the 1^st Century
• Map of the Roman Empire
• Map of the Han Empire
• Tour of Desert Fort
• Hadrian’s Wall
• Via Appia
• Han Dynasty Military
• "Peoples and Kingdoms of the Roman World, 526 [C.E.]" (Scroll down to Map 1.9)

Sites for assignment #2

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Deeds of Augustus
• Emperor Augustus
• Liu Bang

 

 

Sites for assignment #3

• The Emperor Antoninous Pius 138-161
• The Emperor Wu-ti 140-87 BCE

 

Week of December 9-13

BRING IN A TOY FOR THE TOY DRIVE!!!! DUE DECEMBER 17th!!

ROME QUESTIONS text p. 135-151
Monday 12/9:
Rome questions #1-4 and outlines due on Wednesday 12/11.

Tuesday 12/10:
Rome questions #1-4 and outlines due TOMORROW 12/11.
Rome questions #5-13 and outlines due on Thursday 12/12.

Wednesday 12/11:
Rome Questions #1-4 DUE TODAY!
Rome Questions and outlines #5-13 due TOMORROW
Rome questions and outlines #14-20 due on Friday 12/13.

Thursday: 12/12:
Rome questions and outlines #5-13 due TODAY!
Rome questions and outlines #14-20 DUE TOMORROW!

Friday: 12/13
Rome questions and outlines #14-20 due TODAY!
Webquest assignment is due on Tuesday 12/17.


****PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR WEBQUEST IS DUE ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 17TH!!!  THE ASSIGNMENT IS POSTED ON THE BLOG!