Download Chapter 7 China - Preview Questions

Chapter 7 China - Preview Questions
Pg. 208
1. Look at the map on pg. 209 and identify three geographic features that
you think benefit China.
2. How long a period does the time line cover?
3. What is the earliest event listed in the time line?
4. How many years after the Song Dynasty was established did Europeans
begin the First Crusade?
5. What two events took place within ten years of each other? When did
they take place?
Pg. 215- map
1. How long did it take for Buddhism to spread from India through East Asia?
2. How did Buddhism spread to eastern and southeastern Asia?
Pg. 218- Cycle of Chinese Dynasties
1. What combination of circumstances led people to conclude that a dynasty
had lost the Mandate of Heaven?
2. When was a new dynasty considered to have gained the Mandate of Heaven?
Pg. 228- Primary Source
1. According to the poem, what Confucian moral principle was Wang Wei
trying to uphold that put him in conflict with the emperor?
Pg. 234-map
1. By looking at the map, how many different cultures can you identify that
were part of the Mongol Empire?
2. How would having the Silk Roads in their territory influence the Mongol
Empire?
Pg. 240- map
1. What are some major world religions the Chinese might have come in
contact with and where?