G Block East Asia Group Work

Student Learning Objective #1- Students will demonstrate knowledge and compile knowledge regarding geographic factors and religion, ideology or philosophy that effects East Asia.

Student Learning Objective #2- Students will connect what we learn to what they already know and to today's world with the discussion questions.

These notes link to World Regions 11 Essential Questions #1 and #2

1. What impact has Geography had on the development of East Asia?
2. How has Religion, Philosophy, and Ideology affected East Asia?

World Regions and Cultures 11- East Asia Group Work

Directions: Answer the questions from the textbook for your assigned group.  All other groups must answer the questions when the groups present 5/18 and 5/19.

Group 1- Geographic Setting- pages 323-327- Calomo, Gillis, Rose, Marchant, Kenny Barbs

1. The Chinese thought they lived at the ____________ of earth
2. The following physical barriers separated China from other places: ____________ desert, Mongolian and ____________ plateaus and the ____________ mountains
3. Traders did come to China.  ____________ missionaries carried their religion into China
4. China is the most populated country in the world.  It is populated by ____________ people and is one of the 6 largest geographic countries in the world too
5. Most of the people are crowded into the ____________ third of the country.
6. Why?
7. Most Chinese are ____________ as their occupation
8. Mountains and plateaus cover ____________ of China
9. Many people are ____________ herders in the Western regions of China
10. North and South China are called the ____________
11. The heartland stretches from ____________ to Vietnam
12. North China produces ____________ and millet
13. ____________ and Tianjin are manufacturing centers
14. ____________ is China’s capital too
15. South China grows ____________, cotton, tea, vegetables, and many other crops
16. The other four regions are the ____________, Mongolia, Xinjiang and Xizang.
17. They have many ____________ groups, unlike the rest of China.  They are non heavily populated regions though, so there are very few minorities in China.  These regions are where the minorities live.
18. The Northeast is also known as ____________
19. The Manchus conquered ____________ for some time
20. ____________ lies in the Gobi desert
21. Xizang is also known as ____________
22. There are 3 important rivers in China: the Huang He or ____________ River, the Chang or ____________ River, and the Xi or ____________ River
23. About 95 percent of Chinese are ____________
24. Hundreds of languages are spoken, but ____________ is the official language
25. Discussion question- Would you travel to China?  Why or why not?  If so, what would you do?  Where would you go?
26. Discussion questions- When you think of China, what do you think of?  Why?

Group 2- Enduring Traditions- pages 327-333- Smith, Haily Shea, Emily Shea, Battle, Olsen

1. Yu became the founder of the ____________ dynasty
2. By 1650 BC rulers set up the ____________ dynasty
3. The dynasties lasted until ____________, which is more than 3500 years
4. Shang rulers supervised ____________ and flood control projects
5. ____________ Di was the chief god
6. If the gods were pleased they rewarded the people with good ____________ and victory in war.  If the gods were angry, they caused ____________ and famine
7. Priests used “oracle bones” to consult their ____________
8. The Chinese developed a system of ____________
9. They used ideographs or ____________
10. The Chinese system of writing spread to ____________, Japan and Vietnam
11. Students had to memorize at least ____________ characters to be literate
12. Chinese craftworkers improved the art of ____________ making
13. The ____________ overthrew the Shang
14. The Chinese believed that heaven granted a ruler the right to rule.  This was called “the ____________ of heaven”
15. The people owed the ruler complete loyalty and obedience, but the people had the right to expect ____________ government
16. The people had the right to overthrow a bad ruler.  ____________, floods and famine were signs that a ruler had lost the mandate of heaven.
17. ____________ is China’s best known philosopher
18. Confucius taught that 5 ____________ must govern society
19. Confucianism influenced the cultures of China, Korea, ____________ and Vietnam
20. The philosopher ____________ founded Daoism (Taoism)
21. Daoists believe that the best way to live is the ____________ way
22. Daoists believed that the best government  had the fewest ____________
23. They made advances in science and technology because of their study of nature.  Daoists invented the magnetic ____________
24. Han Feizi rejected Confucius’ ideas and established ____________
25. Legalism  believed that people acted out of self-interest and they would respond to rewards and punishments, not good examples.  Legalists imposed harsh ____________ on society to ensure order
26. ____________ blended with Confucianism and Daoism in many areas of China
27. Discussion question- What is your opinion of dynasties or ruling families?
28. Discussion question- What is your opinion of Chinese traditional beliefs?

Group 3- Patterns of Life- 333-337- Moore, Macchi, Nataly G, Costanzo

1. Chinese peasants always thought that “heaven is high and the ____________ is far away”
2. Confucius said that a person’s age, ____________, education and ____________ affected their place in society.  Chinese society was not equal!
3. The Gentry or wealthy landowners looked down on those who did ____________ labor
4. They grew their ____________ long
5. They collected ____________, kept the peace and advised the emperor
6. The vast majority of the people were ____________
7. Peasants lived in ____________ surrounded by farmland
8. Artisans and ____________ played an important role in Chinese society
9. Artisans, merchants and peasants could move up in society.  The families tried to ____________ their children so that some day they could be a government official
10. The oldest ____________ had the authority in the joint family or extended family
11. Chinese had much respect for their ____________
12. Many ____________ did not understand this practice
13. Marriages were always ____________
14. The groom would pay the bride’s family a ____________
15. The Chinese believed that women should have small ____________ so they practiced foot binding.  It was very painful but they feared that if they had large feet, they would not please a husband.
16. Discussion question- What does the importance of education and their reasons for it in Chinese society explain to us?
17. Discussion question- What is your opinion of the dowry and how it is done?
18. Discussion question- What is your opinion of the aspects of Chinese culture you learned about?

Group 4- Powerful Empires- 337-343-  Lidia Q, Benway, Cruz, Aiello

1. ________________________ spent 11 years in China in the 1200’s
2. Marco Polo reported that the Chinese used ____________ money and bathed frequently
3. The Qin conquered the Zhou.  Shi Huangdi was known as the “first ____________”
4. Shi Huangdi was ____________ and set up the foundation for Chinese rule that would exist until 1911.  he banned all books that weren’t Legalist
5. He had the Great ____________ built using slave labor to defend China from foreign invaders
6. The Great Wall extends ____________ miles from East to West
7. South of the wall lived “civilized” people.  The Chinese believed that outsiders were “____________”
8. The ____________ dynasty ruled from 206 BC until 220 AD
9. The Han brought back Confucianism and set up a system to choose ____________ officials
10. To pass the civil service exam, one had to know over ____________ characters
11. The Han astronomers improved the ____________
12. Doctors developed ____________
13. They developed such tools as the wheelbarrow, mill wheel, water clock and ____________ dial
14. What dynasty ruled from 618 until 907? ____________
15. What dynasty ruled from 960 until 1279? ____________
16. The Chinese invented block printing and movable type.  Books were being printed and ____________ was the most popular kind
17. Genghis Khan of ____________ conquered large areas including China
18. The Yuan dynasty was set up by Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kublai ____________
19. Marco Polo visited during the ____________ dynasty
20. They had roads, sternpost rudders, mechanical clocks, ____________ and printing
21. The ____________ dynasty ruled from 1368 until 1644
22. They built a new imperial palace called the Forbidden City in ____________
23. The ____________ set up the Qing or Ching dynasty which ruled over China (the Ching were not Chinese), Burma, parts of Thailand, Laos, parts of Nepal and Vietnam
24. The Chinese were supposed to not have much contact with ____________
25. Discussion question- What is your opinion of Chinese accomplishments, inventions and beliefs?

This lesson also ties into Essential Question # 8- How have Interactions between civilizations impacted East Asia?