Download China Chapter 10 and 11 SS

Standards
• The Tang Dynasty was able to pull people
together and create a powerful dynasty
• Buddhism spread easily because people
believed they would go to Nirvana or a
state of complete peace
Chapter 10 China’s Golden Age
Vocab of Ch.10
• Dynasty: family that holds political power
through many generations
• Merit system: (S.C.S.E) process of hiring and
promoting people based on talent and skills
rather than on wealth or social status
• Daoism: a belief that all things should follow the
Dao; if so then all will be well
• Neo-Confucianism: Confucian thoughts and
Buddhism and Daoism also
• Rice: an easy to grow crop that was abundant
and ripened quickly
Main people of Ch. 10
• Tang Taizong: a military leader who reunited China
• Empress Wu: only woman emperor in Chinese history
• Siddhartha Gautama: the teacher of Buddha and original
Buddha
• Confucius: great Chinese teacher and philosopher
• Zhu Xi: a scholar-official and the most famous NeoConfucian thinker
Arts of Ch. 10
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Fine paintings in subtle colors
Beautiful ceramic pieces of clay
Glazed pottery of different subjects
Temples and statues
Chinese poetry
Eras of Ch.10
• The Tang Era (618-907 ADC)
• The Song Era (960-1279 ADC)
Main points of Tang Era
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Started in 618
Tang Taizong started this Era
Used bureaucracy for style of government
Capital was Chang’an
Golden Era for Chinese art
• Li Bo, one of the greatest poets in China, lived during the Tang
• Collapsed in 907
Main Points of Song Era
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Started in 960
Had good government, ruled by scholar-officials
Used the Merit System to choose civil servants
Moved south because of barbarian invasion from the
north
• Four main religions were Daoism, Buddhism,
Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism
• Increase in farming, technology, trade, and industry
• Ended in 1279
Check Up Questions
1. In what way was the Song era a period
of good government?
2. What were the four main religions?
3. What three key industries from Tang and
Song periods?
Chapter 11 The Mongols and
The Ming
Vocab for Ch. 11
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Ascendancy: rise to a position of power
Khan: leader of Mongol tribe
Despot: cruel tyrannical leader
Tributary state: state that pays taxes in resources such
as in food and supplies in place of trade
• Kowtow: a custom that required touching the ground with
one’s forehead as a sign of respect
• Draft animal: an animal used to pull a load
Main people of Ch.11
• Genghis Khan: a strong leader who built an army and
conquered rival tribes
• Kublai Khan: founded the Yuan Dynasty
• Marco Polo: Famous European traveler who traveled
along the Silk Road and brought information and goods
back from China
• Hongwu: founder of the Ming Dynasty and government,
was a cruel despot
• Yongle: Son of Hongwu, took power and continued his
father’s policy of absolute power
• Zheng He: Leader of maritime expeditions, court official
Mongol Empire
• Largest empire the world has ever known
• Leader was Genghis Khan
• Took them 20 years to conquer China after
they conquered the West
• Made a new social order with Mongols at
the top and the Chinese at the bottom
• No civil service examinations, regional
officials gained power
Trade and Commerce
• Mongols encouraged trade and expanded
commerce
• They reopened the Silk Road
• Mongols increased the status of
merchants and didn’t make them pay a
special tax
• Traders and missionaries carried ideas
and inventions from the Mongol Empire
around the world
Ming Dynasty
• Founded by Hongwu
• Hongwu revived Confucian values and the merit
system
• Hongwu’s son Yongle came into power after
Hongwu’s death and moved the capital from
Nanjing to Beijing
• Created tributary system and used it to replace
trade with foreign nations
• Began sea voyages in 1405, ended them in
1433
Chinese Influence
• Trade brought Confucian and Buddhist ideas to
Vietnam, Korea and Japan
• Vietnam, Korea and Japan adopted the Chinese
writing system, painting style, music and
architecture
• The Chinese invented paper and printing, which
are still used today, as well as the magnetic
compass and gunpowder
• Developed the wheelbarrow, the harness for
draft animals, and draft pumps
Works Cited
Hart, Diane. "China's Golden Age." Medieval and
Early Modern Times. 2006. Print.
Hart, Diane. "China Under the Mongols and the
Ming." Medieval and Early Modern Times.
2006. Print.
Google. Google Images. N.p., 25 Mar. 2011. Web.
25 Mar. 2011.
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By Ryan, Nick, Danny and Ethan