China Review Information Vocabulary Know the following 1.Tang Dynasty 2.Monastery 3.Li Bo 4.Silk Road 5.Confucius 6.Zheng He 7.Koryo 8.Census 9.Ming.

China

Review Information

VocabularyKnow the following

1. Tang Dynasty2. Monastery3. Li Bo4. Silk Road5. Confucius6. Zheng He7. Koryo8. Census9. Ming Dynasty10. Chang’an

Zheng HeGreat Explorer

Sui Dynasty

• Ended Civil War

• Founded by Wendi

• Short Lived

• United 17 kingdoms

• Built Grand Canal

• Repaired Great Wall

Trade Items on the Silk Road

• Silk- no….Reallllllllly……YES

• Tea

• Steel

• Paper

• Porcelain

Fine China- Porcelain

Song Dynasty Art- Page 265

Trade under Tang Grows

• Built Roads

• Built Water Ways

• Control of Silk Road- Money-Money

• Better Farming=more people– New rice for poor soil– Tea- uummmmm gooooood– Improved irrigation

Buddhism IncreasesPeople seeking peace and comfort

• People were suffering

• Dying from Civil War

• Dying from famine (no food)

• No Shelter

• Life was bad!

Mongols

• Used Fear and Terror-

• Skilled warriors- excellent on horseback

• Adopted some practices of conquered nations

• Brought back the Silk Road

• Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Rule- Kublai Khan- 100 years- Mongol Rule

Marco Polo

• Wrote a book that encouraged people to travel…

• You know you want tooooo– Marco-----?– Marco-----?

Ming Emperors

• Built a large fleet of ships– Explore– Expand Trade– Influence other Nations to pay them money

• Give me your lunch money!

Portuguese

• Wanted to trade

• Wanted China to become a Christian Nation- Missionaries- Jesuits- to gain acceptance they brought clocks, eyeglasses, scientific instruments

• Set up trading post in the port of Macao

• First Europeans since Marco--------? (you know you want to say it)

What Chinese inventions allowed the printing of books? Why was the printing

press so important?

• Paper- Han Dynasty

• Paper Mass produced- Tang Dynasty- Tax time

• Cutting of wooden blocks- movable typ

• Paper Money aka “flying money”

All of this contributes to printing!

Each DynastyTwo Facts

• Sui

• Tang

• Song

• Yuan

• Ming