Ancient China

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Ancient China

• Chapter 6-5 Han Contacts with Other Cultures

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Bell Work 11/4Instructions Write the list
below and then tell which Chinese dynasty the
following belong to?

1. Organized Family Life
2. Shi Huangdi
3. Warring States
4. China unified under Confucianism
5. Wudi
6. Jade
7. Great Wall of China
8. Yu the Great
9. China unified under legalism
10. Acupuncture
11. Chinas first Writing System
12. Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism
13. Liu Bang

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What do you remember?Think-Pair-Share
Who was the first Han Emperor?
True or False The first Han Emperor was hated.
Who became the Han Emperor in 140 BC?
What philosophy did Wudi adopt?
Under Wudi, what could one do to get a good
position in the government?
What were some Han Achievements?
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Objectives and Expectations

• The Big Idea
• Trade routes led to the exchange of new products
  and ideas among China, Rome, and other peoples.
• Main Ideas
• How did farming and manufacturing grow during the
  Han dynasty?
• What linked China with the Middle East and Rome?
• How did Buddhism spread to China from India and
  gain many followers?

What is the exchange of new products and ideas
from one culture to the next?
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Building on Knowledge Real-Life Connections

• What are some examples of cultural diffusion in
  our society?
• How has cultural diffusion affected us?

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Technological Advances during the Han Dynasty

• Farming
• Iron plow could dig more land and raise more food
• Wheelbarrow able to haul more products

• Manufacturing
• Iron swords and armor
• Silk a soft, light, highly valued fabric

Which of these products can you infer became very
valuable to the Chinese?
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Trade Routes

• Chinese goods became highly valued in other
  lands, so trade routes began opening up.
• Trading Chinese silk for strong Central Asian
  horses became a primary goal under the rule of
  Emperor Wudi.
• Central Asians could then take the silk and trade
  it for products in other lands.

What type of trade system is it called when you
trade a product for another product?
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The Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of routes stretching
more than 4,000 miles across Asias deserts and
mountain ranges, through the Middle East and
stopping at the Mediterranean Sea.
Chinese traders only used the road until they
reached Central Asia, and then gave their goods
to local traders.
Travelers banded together for protection along
the many miles of difficult terrain (mountains,
deserts, harsh weather). They also sometimes
hired armed soldiers to protect them from
bandits.
China grew rich from trading silk with other
lands.
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Quick Fact

• China kept silk making a secret for centuries.
• China still produces about 50 percent of the
  worlds silk.

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Buddhism Comes to China
Contact with New Cultures

• When the Han dynasty began to fail, people looked
  to old religions to find answers, but were
  disappointed.
• After coming into contact with Indian Buddhists
  on trade routes, many Chinese brought the
  teachings home to China.

Impacts on China

• In hopes of relieving the suffering of human
  life, both rich and poor people began to embrace
  the teachings of the Buddha.
• The popularity of Buddhism in China is an example
  of diffusion the spread of ideas from one
  culture to another.

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1. Evaluate pages 190-191. 2. Answer the
following questions in complete sentences A.
Where did the Silk Road begin and end? B. What
two empires did the Silk Road connect by AD 100?
C. What were some goods traded along the Silk
Road?
Expectations I have correctly identified the
location of the Silk Road and items traded along
it.
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Other items traded along the Silk Road
Rome China Central Asia -Glassware -Pape
r -Horses -silver/gold -Silk -Buddhism
-precious stone -Jade -Spices
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Do you Know?Exit Ticket/Note Card (1-7)
1. The Silk Road was a network of routes that
stretched from ________ to ________.
2. List at least 3 items that were traded on the
Silk Road and where they were from .
3. The exchange of goods and ideas between
cultures is called ____________.
4. What religion comes to China from India
through the Silk Road?
5. A system in which you exchange goods for other
goods is called a __________.
6. The Silk Road started during the _________
Dynasty.
7. What 2 advances did the Han create that made
farming easier?
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Homework Reminders

• Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow 11/5
• Chinese Dynasties Project due 11/6 or 11/8
• Do not forget about the 3.15 day 11/7