CLASSICAL

CHINA

LEARNING TARGET: WHAT WERE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE DYNASTIES?

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LT QUESTION: HOW DID JUDAISM IMPACT WORLD RELIGION?

HOMEWORK: OUTLINE/MIND-MAP/ALPHABET ROUND-UP PGS. 41-45, 49-52 (SKIP OVER BOXES).

WHAT IS AN ALPHABET ROUND-UP? You take notes for each letter. The chart is on my school website for download under resources. For example, I did this

one on Early River Valleys.

A

AgricultureAncestor Worship

B C

CalendarsD E

Egpyt

F

Fertile SoilFlooding

G H

Huang He River ValleyI

Indus River ValleyIrrigation

J

Judaism in Mesopotamia

K L M

MesopotamiaMathematical achievements

N O

P

PyramidsPolytheistic

Q R S

Scientific Achievements

T

Trade

U V W

WheelX-Y-Z

Ziggurats

WHAT IS A MIND-MAP

Also referred to a concept map, you map out your notes and make connections!

THE ISRAELITES: NOMADIC PEOPLE

Directions: Answer the questions below based on the text.

Compare the Ten Commandments with Hammurabi’s Code.

Do any other religions follow the Ten Commandments?

Explain.

I. I am the Lord your God…You shall have no other gods besides me.

II. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image.III. You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God.IV. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.V. Honor your father and your mother…VI. You shall not murder.VII. You shall not commit adultery.VIII. You shall not steal.IX. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.X. You shall not covet…anything that is your neighbor’s.

JEWISH DIASPORA

Directions: Answer the questions below based on the

reading and your knowledge of social studies. Use the quote

for questions 3-5.

What was the Jewish Diaspora?

Describe the effects that the Diaspora had on the Jewish

people (their culture and religion).

JEWISH DIASPORA: OPVL

Mark Twain, an agnostic (person who does not practice an organized religion), wrote the quote below in 1899 in Harper’s Magazine.

“The Egyptian, Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away. The Greek and Roman followed, made a vast noise and they are gone. Other peoples have sprung up, and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out and they sit in twilight now or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal, but the Jew. All other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?”

Describe the speaker’s origin. Remember origin includes the time period, the speaker, the speaker’s background.

What was Mark Twain’s purpose in writing this quote? What are the values and limitations to this statement?

What does Mark Twain mean when he writes, “All things are mortal, but the Jew. All other forces pass, but he remains…”?

GOBI DESERT

5th largest desert in the world; largest in Asia.

Gobi suffers from having most of its rain blocked by the

Himalayas. (receives 7 inches of rainfall each year.

It is a cold desert; can often find snow caps on dunes.

Winter can reach -40 degrees F, summer can reach 122

degrees F.

First fossilized dinosaur egg ever found was in the Gobi

desert!

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS

Run east to west from Afghanistan to

Myanmar. The mountain chain borders China.

The Himalayas are one of the youngest

mountain ranges on the planet, but contain

some of the highest peaks in the world.

Mount Everest

29, 029 feet!

GEOGRAPHY OF

CHINA Which geographic features

positively influenced the development of civilization in Ancient China? Why?

Which geographic features negatively influenced the development of civilization in Ancient China? Why?

China used to believe they were the “Middle Kingdom” or the center of the world. This was an ethnocentric belief. How did their geography and the geographic features around them influence this belief?

THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN

Directions: Answer the questions below

based on the reading.

Why did the Shang Dynasty Collapse?

The Zhou claimed the Mandate of

Heaven. Define the Mandate of Heaven:

How did the Mandate of Heaven

impact China’s government?

CLASSICAL CHINESE

DYNASTIES

Directions: Based off of the summary of the classical Chinese dynasties,

complete the questions below.

What continuities/similarities existed throughout the Chinese dynasties?

What changes/differences existed throughout the Chinese dynasties?

Identify a cause and effect relationship throughout the Chinese dynasties.

DOCUMENT 1

Source: The Classic of Odes, Zhou Dynasty. The poem entitled “King Wen” (600 B.C.E.) celebrates the founding king of the Zhou dynasty and the Zhou’s conquest of the Shang dynasty.

August was King Wen,

continuously bright and reverent.

Great, indeed, was the Mandate of Heaven.

There were Shang’s grandsons and sons,

Shang’s grandsons and sons.

Was their number not a hundred thousand?

But the High God gave his Mandate,

and they bowed down to Zhou.

Describe the historical context of the document.

What values and limitations are present in this document for someone studying the Zhou Dynasty.

DOCUMENT 2

Source: An ancient Chinese poet (name unknown) described how Shi Huangdi crushed his rivals (221 B.C.E.)

“Cracking his long whip, he drove the universe before him, swallowing up the eastern and western Zhou and overthrowing the

feudal lords. He ascended to the highest position…and his might shook the four seas.”

Describe the historical context of the document.

What values and limitations are present in this document for someone studying the Qin Dynasty.

DOCUMENT 3

Source: Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present by Cynthia Stokes Brown, 2007.

“The silk that constituted China’s chief export remained a mystery fabric to Greeks and Romans for many years. They heard many possible explanations, such as that it was made from bark on trees. Not until the mid-sixth century did the Byzantine emperor learn from two monks that the cloth was a product of silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves.

… Christian priests used purple silk embroidered with gold silk thread for their vestments… By the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE), trade between China and the west was firmly established and silk was the most sought after commodity in Egypt, Greece, and, especially, in Rome. Romans valued silk at its weight in gold. Politicians tried to ban the sale of silk because Romans were spending all of their money on it instead of buying Roman goods and products of more use.”

Describe the historical context of the document.

What values and limitations are present in this document for someone studying the Han Dynasty.

DOCUMENT 4Source: Aramco World, May/June, 1999 (adapted)

In China, during the Han Dynasty, papermaking and the invention of printing led to the duplication of important religious texts, government documents, instructional texts, and literature that helped fueled an increase in literacy, learning, and the sharing of knowledge. Papermaking was kept a secret, but eventually spread west.

What values and limitations are present in this document for someone studying the Han Dynasty.

LEARNING TARGET NOTEBOOKS

September 17th

Learning Target Question:

What were the contributions of the classical Chinese dynasties?

Please place your notebooks neatly back in the bin, thank you!