Chapter 7 Lesson 1
Big Ideas:
• The Han Dynasty, China’s strong central government, fell in A.D. 220. A period of conflict followed.
• In 589, the Sui Dynasty reunified China. In 618, the Tang Dynasty took over China.
• In 589, the Sui Dynasty reunified China. In 618, the Tang Dynasty took over China
1. *What is Aristocracy?
• An Aristocracy is a government in which the majority of the power is in the hands of a small, privileged class. This class is often are the most wealthy people in the society.
2. *What is Nepotism?
• Nepotism is the showing of favoritism by somebody in a position of power to relatives and friends. This favoritism is often shown by appointing family members or friends to good positions
3. *What is a Meritocracy?
• Is a system of government in which people are promoted and demoted based on performance.
4. What is a nomad?(Create a v-box.)
5. What does the term reunify mean?
6. *What is a mandate?
• A command or instruction for an authority figure, government or leader.
7. Big Idea Review Question: Explain how the fall of the Han Dynasty affected China.(Create a multi-flow map. Use the Han Dynasty Fell as the center box.)
8. What is Confucianism and what are its basic beliefs?
9. Big Idea Review Question: Describe how Confucianism influenced Chinese society.
10. Big Idea Question: What is Buddhism and what are its basic beliefs?
11. Big Idea Question: How did Buddhism spread to China?
12. Why did people in China turn to Buddhism?
13. Big Idea Question: What is Daoism and what are its basic beliefs.
14. Big Idea Review Question: Describe how Buddhism and Daoism influenced Confucianism.
15. What was the Sui Dynasty?
16. Who was Wendi and what did he do?
17. Big Idea Review Question: How did the Sui Dynasty reunify China?(Create multi-flow map. Use The Sui Dynasty Reunifies China as the center box.)
18. What was the Tang Dynasty?
19. Big Idea Review Question: How did the Tang Dynasty reunify and strengthen China. (The title of the map is The Tang Dynasty Reunifies and Strengthened China. List your answer by what each emperor(Taizong, Xuanzong, and Wu Zhao) did to reunify and strengthen China in a tree map. )
Chapter 7 Lesson 1
Big Ideas:
• The Han Dynasty, China’s strong central government, fell in A.D. 220. A period of conflict followed.
• In 589, the Sui Dynasty reunified China. In 618, the Tang Dynasty took over China.
• In 589, the Sui Dynasty reunified China. In 618, the Tang Dynasty took over China.
1. *What is Aristocracy?
• An Aristocracy is a government in which the majority of the power is in the hands of a small, privileged class. This class is often are the most wealthy people in the society.
2. *What is Nepotism?
• Nepotism is the showing of favoritism by somebody in a position of power to relatives and friends. This favoritism is often shown by appointing family members or friends to good positions
3. *What is a Meritocracy?
• Is a system of government in which people are promoted and demoted based on performance.
4. What is a nomad?(Create a v-box.)
5. What does the term reunify mean?
6. *What is a mandate?
• It is a command or instruction for an authority figure, government or leader.
7. Big Idea Review Question: Explain how the fall of the Han Dynasty affected China.(Create a multi-flow map. Use the Han Dynasty Fell as the center box.)
8. What is Confucianism and what are its basic beliefs?
• It was a belief system based on the ideas of a scholar name Confucius.
Confucianism emphasized
• Use of certain ______to produce social order.
• Respect for ______and ______.
• ______individuals and society.
• Act in ______.
9. Big Idea Review Question: Describe how Confucianism influenced Chinese society.
• Since it emphasized education, a group of well-trained ______were produced.
• Confucius thought society should be organized around five basic relationships. For example, rulers should be ______and ______while his people should be ______and ______the law.
• Children were supposed to respect their ______and ______.
• Confucianism ______its influence after the fall of the Han Dynasty.
10. Big Idea Question: What is Buddhism and what are its basic beliefs?
• Buddhism is a religion started in India and based on the beliefs of Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhism teaches
• ______is a part of life.
• The reason people suffer is that they are too attached to ______and ______.
• *You must give up material possessions to achieve enlightenment.
• You can escape ______and achieve enlightenment by living a ______, ______, and thoughtful life.
11. Big Idea Question: How did Buddhism spread to China?
• Buddhism began in ______around 500 B.C.
• During the first century A.D., ______and ______from India brought Buddhist teaching to China.
12. Why did people in China turn to Buddhism?
• Buddhism taught people how to escape from ______. These teachings ______people endure the suffering that occurred after the fall of the ______.
13. Big Idea Question: What is Daoism and what are its basic beliefs?
• Daoism seeks harmony with ______and with your ______.
14. Big Idea Review Question: Describe how Buddhism and Daoism influenced Confucianism.
• Confucianism became more concerned with ______and a person’s relationship with the universe.
It emphasized:
• ______is the highest goal a person can reach.
• Morality can be achieved through ______.
• ______can occur through books, observation, or interaction with other wise people.
15. What was the Sui Dynasty?
• It was a dynasty founded by ______in ______.
• It ______China after the Han Dynasty fell.
16. Who was Wendi and what did he do?
• He was originally known as ______who was a general in the ______, the rulers of northern China.
• He came to power after ______and ______.
• He conquered ______and reunified the country.
17. Big Idea Review Question: How did the Sui Dynasty reunify China?(Create multi-flow map. Use The Sui Dynasty Reunifies China as the center box.)
18. What was the Tang Dynasty?
• It started in ______and lasted for ______years.
• It ______all sides China’s borders.
• It ______the network of roads and ______to bring the country together.
• It restarted the ______.
19. Big Idea Review Question: How did the Tang Dynasty reunify and strengthen China. (The title of the map is The Tang Dynasty Reunifies and Strengthened China. List your answer by what each emperor(Taizong, Xuanzong, and Wu Zhao) did to reunify and strengthen China in a tree map. )
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