March 1 and 2

March 1: Students continued to work on their .ppts about an aspect of trade on the Silk Road.

March 2: Students worked on a review crossword and a reading guide about the fall of the Mongols. Next Friday will be our unit test. Packets will be due as well. Here is a list of assignments in the packet so far:

1. Vocabulary Word Study: Ascend
2. Mongol Empire Map
3. Mongol 14:00-28:00/Reading Guide pp. 233-235
4. Trade on the Silk Road
5. Genghis Khan Online
6. Unit Review Crossword
7. Chapter 7, Lesson 3 and 4 reading guide

Here is the study guide. Students saw it today, and will get it again on Monday.

The unit test for China unit will be on Friday, March 9. It will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions. There will also be a map.

Terms/People to know : You may earn extra credit points for creating note-cards and using them as a study aid. Show me on test day.

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, Dynasty, Wood-Block Printing
Paper/Paper Money, Porcelain, Nomadic
Silk Road, Ascend

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?
3. Explain the great innovations and achievements of the Ancient Chinese.
4. Explain how trade on the Silk Road was conducted and explain the overall importance of the Silk Road itself. Understand, and be able to explain the cultural exchange that resulted from Silk Road trade as well.
5. Explain the basic beliefs of Confucianism and/or Buddhism.

Packets will also be due on Friday 3.9.