power and ritual in asia. vocabulary 1. great wall of china : a fortress built around the country...
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Power and Ritual in Asia
Vocabulary
1. Great Wall of China: A fortress built around the country that extends 6,400 KM from the Bo Gulf of the Yellow River to North Central China; the Great Wall was built during the Qin Dynasty, beginning around 200 BCE.
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2. Himeji Castle:
A large indestructible Japanese fortress that was built in 1933; has never been damaged.
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3. Qin Dynasty:
An empire in China from 221-206 BCE
where a strong central government was
established in China.
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4. Samurai:
Members of the warrior class in Japan;
influenced Japanese culture from the 11th
to the 19th century.
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Silk Road: The network of primary trade
routes linking China and Europe that was
used from 100 BCE to the 1500s.
Behind the Great Wall
Preview Question:
Is a wall a good way to protect a society?
Behind the Great Wall
Post Viewing Question:
Why was the Great Wall Built?
Behind the Great Wall
Post Viewing Question:
Why was the Great Wall Built?
The Great Wall was built to protect civilized
China from the outside world’s “barbarians”.
Emperor Qin
• Preview Question: What does it take to unify a country under one ruler?
Emperor Qin
• Post Viewing Question:
What were some of Emperor’s Qin’s
contributions to China?
Emperor Qin
• Post Viewing Question: What were some of Emperor’s Qin’s contributions to China?
A unified writing system, a standardizedweight and measurement system, betterroads and canals for transportation, and theGreat Wall.
Building the Wall
• Previewing Question:
What materials do you think were used to
construct the Great Wall?
Building the Wall
Post Viewing Question:
How was the Great Wall built?
Building the Wall
Post Viewing Question:How was the Great Wall built?Compressed earth filled in the spaces between parallel wood planks that were laiddown as wide apart as the wall’s thickness.The process of watering and stomping downthe earth was continued until the wall stoodtall and long.
The Han
• Previewing Question:
What is expansionism?
The Han
Previewing Question:
What is expansionism?
Expansionism is a policy of territorial growth
by a nation.
The Han
Post Viewing: Why was the Great Wall Important to the Han?
The Han
Post Viewing: Why was the Great Wall
Important to the Han?
The Great Wall protected the Silk Road,
thereby ensuring continued trade for China.
Trade was the most important income during
the Han Rule.
Trade and Buddhism
Previewing: How might modern day China
be different if trade had not blossomed along
the Silk Road?
Trade and Buddhism
Post Viewing: Why did Buddhism become popular in China?
Buddhism offered a promised escape from
suffering through prayer, good work, and
devotion. Buddhism also offered a promise
of eternal happiness.