December 03, 2009
CH
IAL
ER
IMP
QIN SHI HUANGDI
(QIN DYNASTY)
CHINA'S "FIRST EMPEROR", INITIATED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPERIAL STATE IN
221 BCE
HAN DYNASTY
CHINA'S GOLDEN AGE, ADOPT
CONFUCIANISM AND DEVELOP CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATION
TANG DYNASTY
REUNITED CHINA UNDER A SINGLE
EMPEROR AFTER A PERIOD OF DISUNION
(CHAOS AND WARFARE) BY GIVING
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS TO WEALTHY
LANDOWNERS (ARISTOCRACY)
SONG DYNASTY
REFORMED THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
AND CREATED A CLASS OF SCHOLAR
OFFICIALS (MERITOCRACY)
INA
7.3
MONGOLS!!!
KOREA
CHINA
Atlantic Ocean
ARABIA
JAPAN
INDIA
Pacific Ocean
YUAN (MONGOL)
DYNASTY
Indian Ocean
MING DYNASTY
EXPANDED TRADE AND FOREIGN
CONTACTS, ALLOWED FOREIGNERS
TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT
SEIZE POWER BACK MONGOLS, MAKE
ADVANCES IN EXPLORATION AND COLLECTION
OF TRIBUTARIES BEFORE TURNING INWARD
MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THEY MAKE EACH
REFORM, AND WHAT COULD RESULT IN THE DYNASTY FALLING.
IMPERIAL STATE
ILLUSTRATED VOCAB: CHINA
Define, illustrate, and give the significance of the following terms
IMPERIAL STATE
lands unified under an all powerful
ruler, aided by a well qualified
bureaucracy with contact and
control of foreign lands
ALL POWERFUL
LEADER
(EMPEROR)
ALL POWERFUL LEADER
(EMPEROR)
BUREAUCRACY
(GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS)
BUREAUCRACY
(GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS)
EACH DYNASTY THAT CONTROLLED
CHINA MADE ADVANCEMENTS TOWARD
DEVELOPING A STRONG IMPERIAL
STATE
FOREIGN
CONTACTS
DYNASTY
p.179
a line of rulers from the same family.
ancient belief that Heaven supported a
MANDATE OF
ruler as long as he ruled well. Emperors
HEAVEN
could only be overthrown after a sign from
p.180
Heaven, such as a natural disaster.
BUREAUCRACY a highly organized body of workers
with many levels of responsibility
p.181
FOREIGN
CONTACTS
December 03, 2009
MR. MERCADO JUST HANDED YOU
A $100 BILL
MOOLAH!
What does the money comparison have to
do with China? Lets find out...
Turn to p. 179 in the textbook.
YOU MUST TRUST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE TO HOLD
ONTO IT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY, THEN AND ONLY THEN
WILL YOU GET TO KEEP THE MONEY...EXPLAIN WHO YOU
WOULD TRUST TO HOLD YOUR MONEY AND WHY. ALSO
EXPLAIN WHY THE OTHER STUDENTS WOULD BE BAD CHOICES
JIM - THE RICH KID AT SCHOOL
TERRY - THE ADVANCED STUDENT, HIGHEST GPA IN SCHOOL
JOE - THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT
post it response
EXAMPLE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
IMPERIAL STATE IN CHINA
7.3.6
EACH DYNASTY THAT CONTROLLED
CHINA MADE ADVANCES TOWARD
DEVELOPING THE IMPERIAL STATE
Build a "Dynasty Sundae" Have each
person in your group ADD a topping on
top of what other group members have
added.
THE DYNASTIC
CYCLE OF CHINA
-UNIFICATION (COME TOGETHER)
-PERIOD OF PROSPERITY (INVENTIONS
AND ADVANCEMENTS)
-CORRUPTION (PROBLEMS)
-FALL (REBELLION/DEFEAT).
December 03, 2009
Do Now! In your Imperial China notes fill in
the stages of the Chinese Dynastic Cyle
DYNASTIC CYCLE
(Re)Unification
DYNASTIC CYCLE
COMPARE THE CHINESE DYNASTIC
Period of
Fall (Break-up) CYCLE TO A RELATIONSHIP
-FRIENDSHIP
Prosperity
-BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND (Good Times)
-BOSS/WORKER
Corruption (Problems)
CHINA'S FIRST IMPERIAL PERIOD
HAN DYNASTY
QIN SHI HUANGDI CHINA'S "FIRST EMPEROR", INITIATED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPERIAL STATE IN
(QIN DYNASTY)
221 BCE
"CHIN"
-STANDARDIZED LEGAL CODES,
MEASUREMENT, WRITING, AND MONEY
SYSTEMS, AND CONSTRUCTED A
I'M #1!!!
BUREAUCRATIC GOVERNMENT
BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF GREAT WALL OF
CHINA
Ruled 206 BCE to 220 CE (Capital in Chiang'an)
PLACE EACH DESCRIPTION IN THE RIGHT
POSITION WITHIN THE DYNASTIC CYCLE
(Re)Unification
1. Corrupt officials seized
power
6. Warlords opposed the
emperor, government
could not protect farmers
2. High taxes created
gaps between rich and
poor
Period of
Prosperity
(Good Times)
Fall (Break-up)
- HARSH LEADERSHIP
REVOLTS BROKE OUT AFTER QIN SHI
HUANGDI'S DEATH IN 210 BCE
Terra Cotta Army
HOW DID THE QIN IMPROVE CHINA?
3. Farmers rebelled after
having to give up land to
large landholders.
5. Selected officials with the civil
service examination based on
Confucian philosophy
Corruption (Problems)
4. Adopted Confucian philosophy
(to ensure kind leadership)
7.Paper and porcelain
making processes
developed
8. Emerged as leaders
following a short civil war
December 03, 2009
HAN DYNASTY
Ruled 206 BCE to 220 CE (Capital in Chiang'an)
PLACE EACH DESCRIPTION IN THE RIGHT
POSITION WITHIN THE DYNASTIC CYCLE
(Re)Unification
Describe what our school would be like on a day in which there were
no principal or teachers on campus, but students still had to come to
school. Think about what you would SEE, HEAR, FEEL, SMELL, and
THINK if this continued for an entire year.
8. Emerged as leaders
following a short civil war
6. Warlords opposed the
emperor, government
could not protect farmers
Period of
Prosperity
(Good Times)
Fall (Break-up)
3. Farmers rebelled after
having to give up land to
large landholders.
7.Paper and porcelain
making processes
developed
4. Adopted Confucian philosophy
(to ensure kind leadership)
1. Corrupt officials seized
power
Corruption (Problems)
2. High taxes created
gaps between rich and
poor
PERIOD OF DISUNION
CHAOS
5. Selected officials with the civil
service examination based on
Confucian philosophy
220 CE - 589 CE
Describe what you think China would be like
during the time that they were not united.
WARLORDS WERE IN CONSTANT CIVIL
WAR AND COMPETITION FOR FARMLANDS
FARMERS HAD NO MILITARY PROTECTION
FROM THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
PEOPLE WERE POOR AND HUNGRY,
AND IN CONSTANT FEAR OF ATTACK
Write a page of a diary from a Chinese farmer about the
problems that exist in China and what needs to happen to
restore order in China. SEE, HEAR, FEEL, THINK
THINK
SEE
SMELL
FEEL
HEAR