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5 characteristics about yourself

5 characteristics about yourself 5 characteristics about someone you live with and their birthday year 5 characteristics about someone who is very close with you, maybe in your home also, a friend, an aunt…(you must know this person’s bday year).

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5 characteristics about yourself

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  1. 5 characteristics about yourself • 5 characteristics about someone you live with and their birthday year • 5 characteristics about someone who is very close with you, maybe in your home also, a friend, an aunt…(you must know this person’s bday year)

  2. Please get everything off your desk except last nights homework. • Take a minute or two and read over your notes

  3. ASIA

  4. CHINA What do you know about China? What are some things you think about?

  5. CHINA http://mrroughton.com/china.aspx

  6. FIREWORKS

  7. TEA

  8. Chopsticks

  9. FORTUNE COOKIES

  10. China • A. Intro • 1. Geography • a. Where is China located? • b. Climate • North= subarctic • South= subtropic c. Physical features in China 1. E – lowland and coastal regions 2. Fertile Valley – Chiang and Huang Rivers 3. N= Gobi Desert W= Plateau of Tibet

  11. China – orange Japan –green India – yellow North Korea South Korea Russia Mongolia Philippines South China Sea Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Sea of Japan East China Sea Label the following

  12. B. Tang Dynasty (618-850) 1. dynasty: series of rulers from the same family (ie. Sui Dynasty 581-618) 2. Golden Age of Tang Dynasty a. after Sui dynasty collapsed b. Golden Age of Political and Cultural Achievement 1. China grew ~area and population 2. Capital = Chang’ an ~city surrounded by walls ~ variety of food, entertainment, etc.

  13. 3. The Grand Canal a. man made waterway linking Huang River and Chiang River b. 1000 miles longest canal ever!!!!! c. join N and S China ~why important??

  14. 4. Tang Taizong (626-649) “The General from Heaven” a. 16 yrs old -est. Tang Dynasty with his father b. successful general, scholar, historian c. Importance 1. reform gov’t to Confucius ~who was Confucius? 2. hired trained gov’t officials 3. land reforms for peasants Family Rival Li Jiancheng Li Yuanji

  15. C. Song Dynasty (960-1279) 1. What events led to the Song Dynasty? 2. Changes in Gov’t • Kaifeng – Chinese capital located along the Grand Canal • Hangzhou – Chinese moved capital here after they lost control of the north • Advances in Gov’t • Merit system:

  16. Improvements in Agriculture Song Dynasty continued

  17. Scrollwork of Kaifeng 400,000 people lived in the city

  18. Pagoda

  19. Hangshou

  20. D. The Mongols 1. Intro a. Nomads from the plains of Central Asia, north of China b. Fierce warriors who “lived in the saddle” c. Khan-

  21. This is Shere Khan from Disney’s THE JUNGLE BOOK. What is significant about his name?

  22. 2. Genghis Khan a. Born between 1162-67 b. Conquered all of northern China by 1215 including • China • Russia • Korea • Persian Gulf

  23. 3. Kublai Khan a. 1259 – came to power b. Grandson of Genghis Khan c. Renamed dynasty YUAN: • Yuan- • Capital of Mongol China: Beijing

  24. 4. China under Mongol Rule a. Centralized gov’t b. Kept Mongol language c. Allowed freedom of religion d. Not allow Chinese to rule e. High positions for Mongols and foreigners

  25. China Under Mongol Rule • Visitors welcome • why? • Examples?

  26. School slippers • 240 days/year • ½ days on Saturdays • 2 hrs/day for homework • 3 hrs/weekend day for homework

  27. O soji: at the end of the day students must clean before they go home

  28. Japanese Proverbs • If you believe everything you read, better not read • 蛙の子は蛙。 • Kaeru no ko wa kaeru. • Child of a frog is a frog. • 出る釘は打たれる。 • Deru kugi wa utareru. • The nail that sticks out of the wood gets hammered down harder.

  29. Japan • “land of the rising sun” 500 miles from China 100 miles from Korea • 3000 islands • Archipelago • Definition

  30. Ring of Fire: • Zone of earthquakes and frequent volcanic eruptions • 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur here

  31. Origami • Ora:“to fold” gami: “paper” • Only for the wealthy? • Samurai would use it for good luck, wedding gifts, token of affection • No written directions until 1797 100 AD 600 AD 1797 AD Paper making originated in China by a servant of the emperor. Hiden Senbazuru Orikata “How to fold 1000 Cranes”; 1st Oragami book published in Japan Paper making spread to Japan. Paper folding became very popular.

  32. Heian Empire (794-1185) • (prior to 894, Japan culture similar to Chinese, why?) • Culture= literature, laws, religion • 894 CE – All relations end with China

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