1. Bellwork: Can you Name all the Chinese Dynasties in ORDER?
Unit 4 Bellwork 2/6
Bellwork: Can you Name all the Chinese Dynasties in ORDER?

2. Chinese Dynasty Song Shang Zhou (“Joe”) Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat)
( years of Disunity )
Sui (“sway” without “w”)
Tang
Song
Yuan Mongol
Ming
Qing (“ching”) Manchu
Republic Republic of China
Mao Zedong People’s Republic of China

3. Next Two Weeks F 2/2-M 2/5: Gunpowder Empires
Tu 2/6-W2/7: Ming/Qing China Autopsy of Ming/Qing Dynasty Assignment Wed: Laptop pickup for most of you and Dual Enrollment forms due!
Th 2/8- F 2/9: Tokugawa Japan Chapter 20 SAQ
M 2/12-Tu 2/13: Enlightenment
W 2/14-Tu 2/20: In class CCOT Essay
Th 2/15, F 2/16, M 2/19: No School!
W 2/21-Th 2/22: Unit 4 Test Review
F 2/23-M 2/26: Unit 4 Test (Multiple Choice/SAQs)

4. Ming China and the Voyages of Zheng He

5. 1500s Europeans arrive in East & Southeast Asia
China & Japan strong enough to resist
1500s

6. Ming Dynasty Ruled world’s most populous state
Restored ethnic Chinese rule

7. Military commander in revolt against Mongols
Founder
Zhu Yuanzhang
Peasant origins
Buddhist monk
Military commander in revolt against Mongols

8. Founder Became Hongwu (means vastly martial) emperor
Claimed the MANDATE of Heaven
Laws favorable to peasants
Traditional values
Confucian relationships
“Divide and Conquer” mentality

9. Built the Forbidden Palace

10. Hall of Harmony

11. Dragon throne

12. Peak of cultural grandeur & elegance
Confucianism revived
Civil service exams reinstated, expanded
Return to scholar-gentry dominance

13. Foreign relations: Most dynamic dynasty
1300s-1400s: Age of exploration
Population growth based on new American crops
Corn
Potato
Sweet potato
(Cotton)
Ming peasant with wheelbarrow

14. Great Wall Final & lasting re-construction
Built last 1000 kilometers (621 miles)

15. Ming porcelain Rougher, more durable pieces sold to foreigners
For silver

16. Europeans began arriving
Portuguese, then Spanish
China was too big to conquer
Established trading houses (called HONG)
Chinese image of 18th-century European sailor

17. Chinese/European POVs on Trade
Ming Chinese:
Emperor: curious, ambitious
Scholar gentry opposed
waste of money
threat to their power
Confucian bias against merchants & trade
Europeans: wide support
Increase national & personal wealth, power
Spread Christianity

18. Primary Document Reading
Matteo Ricci reading
Page 27 What does he teach us about Chinese culture?

19. Manchu formed own dynasty; gave it Chinese name—Qing
The Manchu

20. The Voyages of Zheng He

21. A little about Zheng He

22. One of a set of maps of Zheng He's missions,
also known as the Mao Kun maps

24. Zheng He’s Ships Treasure Ships (feats of engineering) 400 ft long
Were large enough to bring giraffes back from Africa
Specialized vessels
Equine ships
Warships
Supply ships
Water tankers

26. Next Two Weeks Mon 2/13: Ming/Qing China Dynasty Autopsy
Wed 2/15: Finish China/Tokugawa Japan Last day for Absolutism CD Covers/Essay rewrites due
Wed 2/22: Tokugawa Japan
Fri 2/24: Test Review
Tues 2/28: Test (½ Multiple Choice, ½ SAQ’s)

27. Autopsy of an Empire (Dynasty)
Use the information packet on either the Ming or Qing Dynasty to complete the Medical Examiner’s Notes chart.
Use the paper from the roll up front to draw the outline of a person (you may trace one of your group members if you want it life-size)
Give your dead person a name that fits with your dynasty (nothing racist)
Creatively give your dead person wounds or ailments (at least five) that correspond with the reasons for the fall of the Ming or Qing Dynasty

28. Autopsy Rubric Examiner’s Notes _/1
Present in life
Contributed to downfall
At least 5 injuries or ailments representing the different themes _/2
Injuries make sense—connect to the downfall of dynasty
Reasons for downfall of dynasty are accurate
Creativity/Effort _/1