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China Vocabulary
词汇
1. Huang River
2. Chang River (Yangtze)
3. Loess
4. Feudal State
5. Mandate of Heaven
6. Confucius
7. Laozi
8. Paddies
9. Wu Di
10. Silk Road
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Ancient Asia Map
Use pages 136, 144 and 302
for locations.
Directions: Locate the following by outlining
and coloring locations. Identify locations by
name or number and use DIFFERENT
COLORS for areas adjacent to each other.
1. Nepal
2. Huang River
3. Chang River
4. Tibet
5. Kapilavastu
6. Indian Ocean
7. South China Sea
8. Japan
9. Beijing
10. Shanghai
11. Taiwan
12. Yellow Sea
13. India
14. Mongolia
15. Vietnam
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Current Event
Look up a current event from the region we are learning about. Explain below the 5
W’s (Who, What, Where, When and Why) in a paragraph. Then give an opinion on the
story. Each current event is worth 8 points. (5 Pts for 5 W’s, 1 Pt. for opinion &2 Points for
grammar)
Name of Article
Location of Article
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Ancient &
Early Imperial China
Notes Web Search
 Go online to http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/index.html . Save
Document onto student drive. Fill in grey boxes after finding information from the
website.
Click on ANCIENT CHINA  Neolithic China
1. Explain settlement life during the Neolithic period.
a. How did people get food?
b. What product is China famous for and explain how it is produced.
c. How were the dead buried during the Bronze Age?
Click on ANCIENT CHINA  Xia Dynasty
2. Explain when the Xia (she-a) Dynasty fits in history.
a. They came after the
and before
Dynasty.
b. The Xia Dynasty had rulers that acted as shamans, or people that
Click on ANCIENT CHINA  Shang Dynasty
3. Explain life during the Shang Dynasty.
a. What stopped the excavation of the Shang Dynasty?
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b. Many cultures pass valuables from father to son, what form of decent to Shang use?
c. This invention has made the Shang Dynasty famous in Chinese history.
d. Explain one similarity and one difference between Shang religion and Hinduism.
Click on ANCIENT CHINA  Zhou Dynasty
4. Explain life during the Zhou (Jo) Dynasty.
a. The Zhou was a semi-nomadic people, how would this help them work with people of
different cultures?
b. Explain TWO REASONS that the Shang was defeated.
c. List THREE ELEMENTS of Zhou governing.
d. Describe TWO PHILOSOPHERS found during the Zhou Dynasty. (Ch. 8 Pg. 141)
-Confucianism:
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-Taoism:
Click on EARLY IMPERIAL CHINA  Qin Dynasty
5. Explain life during the Qin (Chin) Dynasty.
a. Why did the Qin defeat the other Warring States to unify them?
b. The Qin implemented Legalism. Describe 5 ELEMENTS of Qin Legalism.
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c. The Qin standardized these 4 AREAS of life.
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d. How was the Qin Dynasty defeated by the Han Dynasty?
Click on EARLY IMPERIAL CHINA  Han Dynasty
6. Explain life during the Han Dynasty.
a. The Qin and Han used Legalism, explain ONE DIFFERENCE between the forms.
b. The leader Wu Ti expanded China into these areas.
c. The expanding led to trade and the Silk Road:
d. Explain the decline of the Han Dynasty and how the Three Kingdoms emerged.
Click on MAPS
7. Look at maps of China from the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty and describe in a
paragraph the changes.
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Rise, Fall & Everything In Between
Look at Chapter 16: You will be divided into groups of 2-3 students.
Each group will either be assigned a dynasty or part of life during
China’s history.
Topics:
Song Dynasty
Dynastic Cycle
Advance in Farming
Jin Dynasty
Continuity of Culture Cycle
City Life
Family & Treatment of
Women
Technology Song created
Peasant Life
After receiving your assignment describe the following:
If you are a dynasty:
If you are NOT a dynasty:
-Describe how they came to power.
Explain how you were created / when you
began.
-Summarize what they did in power.
-Explain how they fell from power.
Describe what you are, why we should
know about you.
Offer the result (Why you are important.)
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Review
Rise
&
Falls
Innovations
What did they write on?
Government
First Emperor
Feudal System
Legalism
Religion
Shaman
Mandate of Heaven
Confusianism
Taoism
Buddism
Economics – Silk Road (What is it, why was it important?)
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