Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Quiz and notebook collection will be on May 26 (Friday).

Quiz Content
Confucius was ancient China’s first great thinker and teacher.

Daoism (also called Taoism) is based on the teachings of Laozi.  Laozi, or the Old Master, lived around the same time as Confucius.

Early Chinese society had three main social classes:

  • landowning aristocrats
  • peasant farmers
  • merchants


filial piety -- Children had to respect their parents and older relatives.

Legalism -- they argued for a system of laws.
The family was the basic building block of Chinese society.
  • Many began to look for ways to restore peace and order to society

Three major theories about how to create a peaceful society
  • Confucianism
  • Daoism
  • Legalism
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Notebook Content

Completed ALL Cornell Notes

Life in Ancient China (page 285)

What was Life Like in a Chinese
Family? (page 286)

Chinese Thinkers (page 287)

Monday, May 8, 2017

The quiz Unit 5 Chapter 1 China's First Civilization
Quiz day: May 10 (Wednesday0
Facts for the Quiz
Huang He (Huang He)
Rich yellow soil carried from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean

Anyang (p. 278)
First capital of China

Wu Wang
Aristocrat who led a rebellion against the Shang.
  • Aristocrat
  • Leads rebellion against Shang
  • Begins new dynasty called Zhou

aristocrat (p. 279)
Nobles acquire wealth from land they owned

pictograph

Characters that stand for objects
ideograph (p. 280)-Join two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
mandate -A formal order
Who did the Shang worship? Ancestor or honor departed family members
The Mandate of Heaven gave a Zhou king the power to rule.
Period of the Warring States : Local Zhou rulers battle each other.

  (p. 282)




Wednesday, May 3, 2017



Homework: Shang Empire  
     (Worth 4 points + 1 Bonus point)
  • Page 282
  • Copy map into notebook
  • Should look very similar
  • Key/ Legend
  • Do not need to copy globe inset
  • Bonus 1 point for globe
Plan on quiz day to be Tuesday (May 9)