World Cultures
China
Guided Reading
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 Powerful Empires (old text: Ch. 15, Sec.4 - pgs. 337-343)
1. By 221 BCE, the Zhou dynasty was overthrown by the _____________.
2. Emperor Shi Huangdi used _____________________ to control the people of China.
Later rulers follow this example for years to come.
3. Why do you think Shi Huangdi outlawed Confucian works?
4. Angered by Shi Huangdi’s harshness, a revolt results in a peasant leader
creating the ______________________ dynasty.
5. Long periods of peace, prosperity and flourishing arts occurred during the
“Golden Age” in China under the _____________________ and _____________________
dynasties.
6. What does it say about this period in China’s history that the arts flourished?
(not in the book… asking you to THINK!)
7. By 1279, outsider, _____________________________________________, ruled China. Showing some
respect for the Chinese culture, Mongols renamed this dynasty the _____________________.
8. During this period, ideas and goods from the east spread west by ____________
___________. Among the inventions Europe obtained from China were…
a.
b.
c.
d.
9. Eventually foreigners were driven out as the ________________ dynasty took power.
10.
Initially trade flourished during this period, but suddenly(and unknown as
to why by historians) china _________________________________________ with the world.
11.
What was the result of this action?
12.
China fall to invaders from ________________________ who established the _________
dynasty.
13.
What are some ways we know the Mongols did NOT want to absorb Chinese
culture?
 Roots of Modern China (old text pgs. 343-346)
14. By 1700 ________________________ power declines. At this point, who is looking
to get their claws into China?
 Identify what the following pictures are of and which dynasty was responsible for it.