Week of March 16-20

Monday 3/16: Middle Ages questions #1-6 are due tomorrow!

Tuesday 3/17: Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Go to St. Baldrick's Day tonight!

Wednesday 3/18:  Questions #7-13 are due tomorrow!

Thursday 3/19: Questions #7-13 are due today!

Friday 3/20:  Questions 14-21 are due on Tuesday, March 24th.

Review sheet for quiz on Wednesday March 11

Review Sheet

Tang, Song, Yuan Dynasties and Mongol Empire

 

Sui:

• Importance of the Grand Canal
• Why did they lose the Mandate of Heaven?

 

Tang:

• What policy did they follow?  Support your answer with evidence.
• Describe the three policies (programs) set up by the Tang.

Equal-field system

Merit system

Transportation/communication

• What caused the Tang to decline?
• Define the Middle Kingdom.  Describe how the Chinese tributary system supported this idea.

 

Song:

• Life for women during the Song (foot binding) (role in society)
• Pros/cons of the Civil Service exam
• Cultural Achievements during the Song

(you do not need to know the specific details of each achievements, just be able to identify them- for example ‘flying cash’)

 

Neo-Confucianism:

• What caused neo-Confucianism to develop?
• How was Neo-Confucianism similar to Buddhism?

 

Mongols

• Methods of warfare
• Nomadic lifestyle
• Leaders and the areas they conquered
• Cultural diffusion
• Role of women
• Mongols in China
• Mongols in Russia

 

Mongol DBQ 3/4

Mongols

Read all six documents.  On the actual document please summarize the main idea of each one, always taking into account  the source.

Next step...pick three of the documents and write a summary and then show the POV...why should we be aware of the author's point of view?