Thursday and Friday: Students continued working on their Powerpoint presentations about innovations of the Ancient Chinese. I assigned a reading guide about the Mongols on Friday. We also watched a short dvd about the Mongols over the course of Thursday and Friday.
Monday: I passed out study guides for the unit test (see below). The test is this Friday. Students who had their presentations handed in on-time presented today. Packets are due Friday, here is a list so far:
1. Prosperity Fill-ins (review for test)
2. Reading Guide, Mongol Empire pp. 233-235
3. Vocabulary Word Study: Ascend
4. Mongol Empire Map
5. Timeline: the Mongols
6. Inventions/Innovations Grid
China: Unit Test Study Guide
Friday’s test will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions. There will also be a map.
Terms/People to know (study these using note cards… I’ll give extra credit points if you show me note-cards on Friday. You may use one side of one 3X 5 index card on the test):
Kublai Khan,Genghis Khan,The Mongols
Tang Dynasty,Khanates ,Confucius
Song Dynasty, Zheng He, Marco Polo
Mongol Ascendancy, Confucianism, Silk (Silk Road)
Han Dynasty, Great Canal, Ming Dynasty
Buddhism
Know the chronological order of the Dynasties.
Places to know on the map:
Silk Road, Grand Canal, Great Wall, Gobi Desert
Himalaya Mts., China, India, Mongolia
N. Korea, S. Korea, Russia, Beijing
Short answer questions to prepare for:
1. Explain the cycle of Chinese dynasties.
2. How did Kublai Khan “open” China to the West? (use .ppt fill-ins assignment to study)
3. Explain the great innovations and achievements of the Ancient Chinese.
4. Explain how changes in trade, agriculture, and commerce led to prosperity during the Tang and Song dynasties. (use .ppt fill-ins assignment to study)
5. Explain the basic beliefs of Confucianism and/or Buddhism.
Packets will also be due on Friday.
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