China

Review Information

VocabularyKnow the following

1. Tang Dynasty2. Monastery3. Li Bo4. Silk Road5. Confucius6. Zheng He7. Koryo8. Census9. Ming Dynasty10. Chang’an

Zheng HeGreat Explorer

Sui Dynasty

• Ended Civil War

• Founded by Wendi

• Short Lived

• United 17 kingdoms

• Built Grand Canal

• Repaired Great Wall

Trade Items on the Silk Road

• Silk- no….Reallllllllly……YES

• Tea

• Steel

• Paper

• Porcelain

Fine China- Porcelain

Song Dynasty Art- Page 265

Trade under Tang Grows

• Built Roads

• Built Water Ways

• Control of Silk Road- Money-Money

• Better Farming=more people– New rice for poor soil– Tea- uummmmm gooooood– Improved irrigation

Buddhism IncreasesPeople seeking peace and comfort

• People were suffering

• Dying from Civil War

• Dying from famine (no food)

• No Shelter

• Life was bad!

Mongols

• Used Fear and Terror-

• Skilled warriors- excellent on horseback

• Adopted some practices of conquered nations

• Brought back the Silk Road

• Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Rule- Kublai Khan- 100 years- Mongol Rule

Marco Polo

• Wrote a book that encouraged people to travel…

• You know you want tooooo– Marco-----?– Marco-----?

Ming Emperors

• Built a large fleet of ships– Explore– Expand Trade– Influence other Nations to pay them money

• Give me your lunch money!

Portuguese

• Wanted to trade

• Wanted China to become a Christian Nation- Missionaries- Jesuits- to gain acceptance they brought clocks, eyeglasses, scientific instruments

• Set up trading post in the port of Macao

• First Europeans since Marco--------? (you know you want to say it)

What Chinese inventions allowed the printing of books? Why was the printing

press so important?

• Paper- Han Dynasty

• Paper Mass produced- Tang Dynasty- Tax time

• Cutting of wooden blocks- movable typ

• Paper Money aka “flying money”

All of this contributes to printing!

Each DynastyTwo Facts

• Sui

• Tang

• Song

• Yuan

• Ming