Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and homework in your agendas.

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and homework in your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving the journals for your table please do so.

2. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - despot - treason - Yongle - Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

3. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. despot - treason - Yongle - Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

4. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. A cruel tyrant (ruler.) despot - treason - Yongle - Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

5. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. A cruel tyrant (ruler.) despot - treason - Disloyal actions against the state. Yongle - Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

6. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. despot - A cruel tyrant (ruler.) treason - Disloyal actions against the state. Yongle - Hongwu's son who took over the Ming Dynasty after his father death. Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

7. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. despot - A cruel tyrant (ruler.) treason - Disloyal actions against the state. Yongle - Hongwu's son who took over the Ming Dynasty after his father death. A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation. Tributary state - kowtow - Zheng He -

8. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. despot - A cruel tyrant (ruler.) treason - Disloyal actions against the state. Yongle - Hongwu's son who took over the Ming Dynasty after his father death. A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation. Tributary state - kowtow - A custom that required touching the ground with one's forehead as a sign of respect. Zheng He -

9. Vocab Word Search (pages 300 - 305) Hongwu - The founder of the Ming Dynasty. despot - A cruel tyrant (ruler.) treason - Disloyal actions against the state. Yongle - Hongwu's son who took over the Ming Dynasty after his father death. A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation. Tributary state - kowtow - A custom that required touching the ground with one's forehead as a sign of respect. The leader of Ming maritime expeditions. Zheng He -

10. The Ming Dynasty What effect did the Ming Dynasty have of medieval China?

11. The First Ming Emperor

12. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 1) As ruler who did Hongwu distrust and why? 2) What two things did Hongwu do during his reign?

13. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 1) As ruler who did Hongwu distrust and why? He distrusted scholar-officials because they didn't respect soldiers. 2) What two things did Hongwu do during his reign?

14. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 1) As ruler who did Hongwu distrust and why? He distrusted scholar-officials because they didn't respect soldiers. 2) What two things did Hongwu do during his reign? He revived Confucian values and the merit system for choosing officials. He also reversed Mongol trade policies.

15. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 3) Under Hongwu’s rule what did China return to and what did he become? 4) What did Hongwu create and why?

16. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 3) Under Hongwu’s rule what did China return to and what did he become? It returned to strong, centralized rule. He became a despot. 4) What did Hongwu create and why?

17. Read the section The First Ming Emperor on pages 300 - 301 and answer these questions: 3) Under Hongwu’s rule what did China return to and what did he become? It returned to strong, centralized rule. He became a despot. 4) What did Hongwu create and why? He created a secret police force to seek out his enemies, because he didn't trust anyone.

18. Hongwu's Secret Police

19. Yongle’s New Capital Emperor Youngle

20. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 1) How was Yongle related to Hongwu and how did he rule the empire? 2) Where did Yongle move the empire and what were the two reasons he did this?

21. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 1) How was Yongle related to Hongwu and how did he rule the empire? He was Hongwu's son and he ruled with absolute power. 2) Where did Yongle move the empire and what were the two reasons he did this?

22. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 1) How was Yongle related to Hongwu and how did he rule the empire? He was Hongwu's son and he ruled with absolute power. 2) Where did Yongle move the empire and what were the two reasons he did this? He moved the capital from the southern city of Nanjing to Beijing in the north. One reason was to return the seat of government to China's northern heartland and the other was to strengthen the country's northern defenses against any future Mongol invasions.

23. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 3) Why did Yongle rebuild China’s great wall? 4) Where was the emperor’s palace located in the new capital, and what was it named?

24. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 3) Why did Yongle rebuild China’s great wall? To prevent invasions by the Mongols. 4) Where was the emperor’s palace located in the new capital, and what was it named?

25. Read the section Yongle’s New Capital on page 301 – 303 and answer these questions: 3) Why did Yongle rebuild China’s great wall? To prevent invasions by the Mongols. 4) Where was the emperor’s palace located in the new capital, and what was it named? It was located at the heart (center of) the capital and it was named the Forbidden City.

26. Forbidden City on Page 302

27. The Tributary System

28. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 1) What was the Ming’s foreign policy based on and how did the Chinese treat other countries in this system? 2) What countries were included in China’s tributary system?

29. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 1) What was the Ming’s foreign policy based on and how did the Chinese treat other countries in this system? It was based on the tributary system. It treated other countries as tributary states. 2) What countries were included in China’s tributary system?

30. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 1) What was the Ming’s foreign policy based on and how did the Chinese treat other countries in this system? It was based on the tributary system. It treated other countries as tributary states. 2) What countries were included in China’s tributary system? Korea, Vietnam and Japan.

31. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 3) What did the states under the tributary system have to do? 4) How did diplomats show respect to Ming rulers?

32. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 3) What did the states under the tributary system have to do? Every few years, the countries had to send diplomats to Beijing to show respect. 4) How did diplomats show respect to Ming rulers?

33. Read the section The Tributary System on page 303 and answer these questions: 3) What did the states under the tributary system have to do? Every few years, the countries had to send diplomats to Beijing to show respect. 4) How did diplomats show respect to Ming rulers? They had to perform the kowtow.

34. The Kowtow

35. Tribute versus Trade China's Tributary States

36. Read the section Tribute versus Trade on pages 303 - 304 and answer these questions: 1) What was the main benefit for China and what did it allow Ming rulers to do? 2) What did tributary states get in return?

37. Read the section Tribute versus Trade on pages 303 - 304 and answer these questions: 1) What was the main benefit for China and what did it allow Ming rulers to do? Peaceful borders that allowed the Ming to spend less money on armies and more money on public works projects. 2) What did tributary states get in return?

38. Read the section Tribute versus Trade on pages 303 - 304 and answer these questions: 1) What was the main benefit for China and what did it allow Ming rulers to do? Peaceful borders that allowed the Ming to spend less money on armies and more money on public works projects. 2) What did tributary states get in return? They received the goods that they needed without going to war.

39. Japanese Smuggling Vessel Because of the tributary system some merchants from Japan, Vietnam and China had to turn to smuggling and piracy.

40. Ming Maritime Expeditions

41. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 1) What did the Ming sponsor between 1405 and 1433 and why? 2) Where did Zheng He travel on his first expedition?

42. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 1) What did the Ming sponsor between 1405 and 1433 and why? They sponsored maritime expeditions meant to demonstrate Chinese power to win more tributary states. 2) Where did Zheng He travel on his first expedition?

43. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 1) What did the Ming sponsor between 1405 and 1433 and why? They sponsored maritime expeditions meant to demonstrate Chinese power to win more tributary states. 2) Where did Zheng He travel on his first expedition? He traveled through Southeast Asia to the coasts of India.

44. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 3) What happened as a result of Zheng He’s travels? 4) What did Ming traders return to China with?

45. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 3) What happened as a result of Zheng He’s travels? New lands became tributary states of China. 4) What did Ming traders return to China with?

46. Read the section Ming Maritime Expeditions on pages 304 - 305 and answer these questions: 3) What happened as a result of Zheng He’s travels? New lands became tributary states of China. 4) What did Ming traders return to China with? They returned with exotic items, such as spices, tropical wood, giraffes, and ostriches.

47. Zheng He

48. China Turns Inward

49. Read the section China Turns Inward on page 305 and answer these questions: 1) What was the money that was spent on these voyages used for after the voyages were over? 2) What were Confucian officials not interested in and what did they believe China had?

50. Read the section China Turns Inward on page 305 and answer these questions: 1) What was the money that was spent on these voyages used for after the voyages were over? The money was spent on building the new capital in Beijing. 2) What were Confucian officials not interested in and what did they believe China had?