Nick Geiger ED' 44801 Dr' Helms

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Nick GeigerED. 448-01Dr. Helms

• Power Point Presentation

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Chapter 5 China

• Hadley E. Watts Middle School
• 6th grade World History
• 2nd and 6th period lesson

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Chapter 5 Terms

• heritage
• militia
• virtue
• public works
• philosopher
• responsibility
• import
• Silk Road

• standardization
• bureaucracy
• civil war
• ambassador
• civil service
• export
• caravan
• profit

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The Zhou Dynasty

• The Zhou Dynasty settled in this region?
• The people were nomads, farmers, and fighters.
• What material did the people use to make weapons?
• They also used this material for plows and tools.

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Zhou Dynasty (contd)King Wu

• 1122 B.C. claimed the Mandate of Heaven
• Mandate of Heaven- the order from the gods to
  rule China.
• Told the Chinese people the Shang king did not
  have the virtues to rule China.
• The Zhou dynasty ruled China for the next 900
  years (longest in Chinas history).

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Social Structure of the Zhou Govt

• King
• Gives lands to the nobles
• Nobles
• Protects the peasants
• Performs military service for the king
• Peasants
• Farm the land and serve the nobles

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Public Works

• Structures built by the government for everyones
  use.
• Built by the peasant class.
• Structures built
• dikes, dams, canals, and roads
• Structures built contributed to increased food
  supply and better ways of communication and
  transportation.

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The Fall of the Zhou Dynasty

• Invasion of Asia nomads in 700 B.C.
• Instead of fighting as one, the nobles fought
  among themselves.
• 771 B.C. the capital of Hao was captured.
• King Yoo was killed during the invasion.
• China now enters the Warring States Period (600
  to 221 B.C.).

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Confucius551-479 B.C.

• Real name Kung Fu Zi
• Worked for the government, like his father.
• Believed that rulers needed to lead by example.
• He compared society to a family, family members
  worked together for the common good.

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Confucius contd

• Tried to influence the nobles children because
  they would rule in the future.
• Confuciuss followers wrote down his teachings in
  a book called the Analects.
• Confucianism became the guide for the way people
  lived.
• 5 virtues charity, kindness, hard work, good
  faith, and courtesy.

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The Qin Dynasty

• Started in 221 B.C. and lasted to 207 B.C.
• Claimed the Mandate of Heaven
• United the warring city-states and created
  Chinas first great empire.

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Shi Huangdi

• Shi Huangdi was only 13 years old when he became
  king.
• He called himself Qin Shi Huangdi which
  translates into the First Emperor of Qin
• He was a very cruel ruler.
• Those who did not obey or challenged his rule
  were executed along with their families.

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Legalism

• This type of leadership was used by Shi Huangdi.
• Legalism taught the people to obey their rulers
  out of fear, not respect.
• Shi Huangdi ordered all writings of Confucianism
  to be destroyed because he felt that the writings
  challenged his authority.

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Uniting China

• Shi Huangdi accomplished this in 221 B.C.
• Huangdi united China by crushing the authority of
  the nobility.
• He created two military districts, within the two
  military districts he appointed people he knew he
  could trust.
• After gaining control of the nobles, Huangdi
  ordered them to live in the city, this placed the
  peasants in direct control of Huangdi.

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The Great Wall

• Built by peasants under Huangdis rule.
• The Great Wall was a form of protection from
  northern invaders.
• The Great Wall stands 30 feet high, with 40-foot
  towers.
• The wall was so thick that two wagons could pass
  each other while traveling on top of it.

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The Great Wall Contd

• The Great Wall stretched for almost 1,500 miles.
• The Great Wall was built in just 7 years.
• More than 500,000 workers died during the
  construction of the wall.
• Nickname wall of tears

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Standardization

• Making all things if a certain type alike.
• Money, coins, weights, and writing.
• Help to make trade and communication easier.
• Brought a sense of belonging to the people of
  China.

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Bureaucracy

• Shi Huangdi created a bureaucracy to look over
  his huge empire.
• A bureaucracy is a network of appointed
  government officials.
• The govt and rule of Huangdi made many of the
  peasants mad and the dynasty that was supposed to
  last thousands of years ended due to peasant
  revolts.

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The Han Dynasty

• Took control of China in 202 B.C.
• The Han Dynasty ruled China for the next 400
  years.
• This dynasty led China into the golden age of
  peace, wealth, and progress.

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Liu Bang

• After Shi Huangdis death, China plunged into
  civil war.
• The leader that resulted from the warring
  nobility was a peasant by the name of Lui Bang.
• In 202 B.C. Lui Bang claimed the Mandate of
  Heaven, and became Han Gao Zu, which means Great
  Founder of the Han.

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Lui Bang Contd

• He believed in both types of government Legalism
  and Confucianism.
• Nobles liked him for granting them land, the
  peasants liked him for lowering the taxes.
• Lui Bang brought China a peace within but was
  soon attacked from the north.
• Lui Bang died from his wounds in 195 B.C.

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Wu Di

• Wu Di means Warlike Emperor
• He created armies with as many as 300,000
  soldiers.
• Wu Di used peaceful tactics to avoid fighting
  (ambassadors and payment).
• Set up Chinas first civil service system.
• People earned positions by high grades on tests,
  not by loyalty.

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The Golden Age

• The age of arts and learning.
• Studied language, history, philosophy, and
  religion.
• Scholars improved the Chinese writing system.
• Siam Qian, a Chinese scholar recorded Chinas
  history from the past dynasties.

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Inventions and Teachings

• 100 B.C. Dictionary
• Daoism
• Wheel Barrow
• 132 A.D. earthquake detector
• 100 A.D. paper

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Trade on the Silk Road

• A land trade route that stretched 5,000 miles to
  the Mediterranean Sea.
• China exported silk, apricots, iron and bronze
• China imported gold, ivory, wool, linen,
  grape-vines, and horses.
• Before Wu Di, China had never imported or
  exported any goods.

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Conclusion

• Chapter 5 covered many people, terms, and
  dynasties.
• Be able to identify the material we have gone
  over in class.
• Any questions should be asked now, before the
  test.