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.