World History
Focus 3B – Middle Ages – Asia
TEKS – Objectives - Recipes
1A Identify the major eras in world history (Medieval Asia) and describe their defining characteristics: Golden Age.
1B Identify changes that resulted from important turning points in world history such as the Mongol Invasions.
Largest land empire – cultural diffusion between Asia and Europe – weakened Russia and Islam.
1C Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods.
1192 – first Japanese Shogun
1209 – Genghis Khan – Mongol invasions began
1254-1324 – Marco Polo
1279 – Kublai Khan conquers China
1368 - China overturns Mongol rule
6C Summarize the major political, economic and cultural developments of civilizations in China, India, and Japan.
China
Political Economic Cultural
Tang Dynasty Silk road Golden Age – art, literature, technology
Song Dynasty Expanded trade - prosperity
Yuan Dynasty
Japan
Political Economic Cultural
Feudalism Traditional economic system Shintoism
Zen Buddhism
Chinese influence
7A Analyze examples of major empires of the world such as the Mongol Empire.
Pastoral people – loosely organized tribes
Genghis Khan – 1206 – united tribes
Origins – Mongolia, Gobi desert
Defeated Russians, Persians, Chinese, Muslims
Largest land empire ever
Khanate
Kublai Khan – Dynasty in China
Marco Polo
11B Pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns in world history shown on maps – Mongol Empire.
12A Locate places and regions of historical significance and describe their physical and human characteristics.
Huang He River China Moscow Silk Road
Yangtze River Japan Baghdad Grand Canal
Gobi Desert Beijing Constantinople
Mongolia Pacific Ocean Venice
Himalaya Mts. Edo (Tokyo)
12B Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major events in world history.
12C Interpret historical and contemporary maps to identify and explain geographic factors that have influenced people
and events in the past – What factors limited the extent of the Mongol empire?
15B Define and give examples of different political systems – Khanate, Japanese Feudalism.
20A Identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from selected cultures.
Song Dynasty Landscape paintings
Insignificance of man compared to the forces of nature.
20B Analyze examples of how art, architecture, literature, music, and drama reflect the history of cultures in which they are produced.
Tang Dynasty pottery, Ming Porcelain, Poetry – Li Bo, No Theatre - Japan
20C Identify examples of art, music, and literature that transcend the cultures in which they were created and convey universal
themes – Tale of Genji – oldest novel – Japanese – Reflects Japanese traditions.
21A Analyze the specific roles of women, children, and families in different historical cultures – Footbinding, subservient.
21B Describe the political, economic, and cultural influence of women in different historical cultures
Empress Wu, Lady Murasaki.
23A Give examples of [major mathematical and scientific discoveries and] technological innovations that occurred at different
periods in history and describe the changes produced by these discoveries and innovations – Porcelain, Mechanical clock,
Printing, Gunpowder, Paper money, Magnetic compass, Grand Canal.
23B Identify new ideas in mathematics, science, and technology, that occurred during the Chinese civilizations and trace the spread of
these ideas to other civilizations
Unit Assignments
(Be Prepared for Quizzes)
01. Read and take notes over chapter 12.1, pp.287-291.
What actions taken during this period weakened or strengthened China?
02. Read and take notes over chapter 12.2, pp.294-298 and 12.3, pp.299-302.
What characteristics of Mongol culture contributed to their military success?
What factors led to the decline of Mongol control
03. Read and take notes over chapter and chapter 19.2, pp. 469-473.
Describe the Recipes for the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
04. Read and take notes over chapter 12.4, pp.303-307 and chapter 19.3, pp. 474-477.
Was Japanese feudalism beneficial to Japan?
05. Read and take notes over chapter 12.5, pp. 308-311.
How did Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia) and Korea react to China and European imperialism?
Terms for Identification
Briefly identify (2-3 sentences, including who, what, why, how) the following 59 items.
Chapter 12.1 Chapter 12.2 Chapter 12.3 Chapter 19.2 Chapter 12.4 Chapter 19.2-19.3
Sui Dynasty Mongols Kublai Khan Ming Dynasty Japan - geography Isolation
Grand Canal Steppe Yuan Dynasty Beijing Shinto Tokyo
Tang Dynasty Nomads – pastoralists Kamikaze Forbidden City Buddhism Cambodia
Empress Wu Clans Marco Polo Zheng He Cultural borrowing – China Angor Wat
Civil Service Exam Genghis Khan Isolation The Tale of Genji Strait of Malacca
Song Dynasty -four characteristics Qing Dynasty Feudalism Vietnam
Movable type Khanates Manchuria Samurai Korea
Block Printing -location Bushido
Porcelain -rulers Zen Buddhism
Mechanical clock Mongol Peace Shogun
Printing Daimyo
Gunpowder Chart p.312
Paper Money
Magnetic compass
Silk Road
Buddhism
Tea
Li Bo
Landscape painting
Gentry
Lily-foot -
footbinding
Acupuncture – p. 292