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08.01 Travel Journal
Objectives for this lesson:
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Describe the connection between the Mandate of Heaven and the Tang and Song
dynasties
Describe the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties
Identify key figures from the Tang and Song dynasties
Interpret choropleths or dot-density maps to explain the distribution of population
Question to answer:
-How did the Tang restore China’s strength?
Specific questions to answer:
1. Based on paragraph #1, how did the Tang gain control of China?
2. Who was Empress Wu and how did she benefit China?
-What effects did invaders have on the Song dynasty?
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How did the Liao people affect the Song dynasty?
How did the Jurchens affect the Song dynasty?
What is a “dot-density” map? What can it tell us?
Observe the map (the one after the dot-density map) and consider how the
population changed over time.
-What arts did the Tang and Song dynasties support?
Specific questions to answer:
1. What things flourished during the Tang’s golden age?
2. What is calligraphy?
3. What kinds of art flourished under the Song dynasty?
-What innovations appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties?
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What is the definition for “innovation”?
What is an alchemist?
What was saltpeter?
Explain the discovery of gun-powder
What was the benefit of movable type?
How did the Song revolutionize their economy?
What did the Song invent which improved sea traveling?
-How did Tang and Song rulers manage the business of the empire?
Specific questions to answer:
1. What was the civil service system?
What is a merit based system?