Strand of Social Studies / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
Government & Civics / 1. List the three main social classes of Ancient China.
(p. 233-239) / 1. Who was Confucius? / 1. What did Confucianism teach in relation to government? / 1. Why did Hanfeizi believe that people needed laws and punishments?
Culture & Societies / 2. What population of Ancient China were farmers? / 2. What was Confucius’s main belief? / 2. What is an abacus? / 2. How does Confucianism influence modern life in China?
Economics / 3. What is filial piety? / 3. What is a duty? / 3. What was the main belief of Daoism? / 3. How does Daoism influence modern life in China?
Geography / 4. List the three Chinese philosophies that developed in Ancient China. / 4. What was Confucius’s idea on the best way to behave? / 4. How are Daoism and Confucianism different? / 4. How does Legalism influence modern life in China?
Historical Perspective / 5. Why were the three Chinese philosophies developed in Ancient China? / 5. What can it be compared too? / 5. What was the main belief of Legalism? / 5. Why did aristocrats favor Legalism?
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Name:WEEK OFFebruary 18, 2013 D.G. #24 ~6th

Application Questions:

  1. Shi Huangdi was the first emperor of a united China. Which of these changes occurred in China under his leadership?
  1. Government officials were chosen by the people instead of by the emperor.
  2. Standards for weights and measures and the legal system were put in place.
  3. A brand new script for writing Chinese characters was invented.
  4. Feudalism was expanded to cover all provinces under the control of the emperor.
  1. During the Han Dynasty of China, Emperor Wudi decided China should be a Confucian state and not a Taoist state. This dramatically changed the way government operated. What was the one result of the change to Confuciansim?
  2. A civil service system for government workers began.
  3. The Chinese became under the control of their foreign neighbors.
  4. Government officials had to be more responsive to the people.
  5. Taxes were reduced and government had less control.
  1. When the Han Dynasty came to power in the second century B.C., it decentralized the government and set up feudal states for which of these reasons.
  2. To take control of agriculture
  3. To reward wartime allies with land
  4. To weaken anyone who would oppose them
  5. To set up a federal republic
  1. The most prosperous time in the Han Dynasty was under the leadership of Emperor Wudi. The empire extended as far was as Kyrgyzstan and included Vietnam and the Korean Peninsula. This was accomplished by
  2. Extending trade routes along the Silk Road and into the Himalayas.
  3. Helping allies who were attacked and then turning against the allies.
  4. Entering into treaties with the rulers of nearby kingdoms.
  5. Wars with neighboring kingdoms designed to consolidate Han power.