Topics for Questions 11-15

• Medieval Times: Feudalism / Manorialism• China’s Dynastic Cycle• Japanese Isolation: Tokugawa Shogunite• Magna Carta / Glorious Revolution

Medieval Times: Feudalism / Manorialism

• Feudalism – Class system based on land ownership (COMPARE: British Feudalism with Japanese Feudalism)

• Manorialism – Economic System based on a lord owning the land and everyone else working it for the good of the manor (like a southern plantation)

• Black Plague = Death of many Europeans due to unsanitary conditions and lack of medical knowledge (population decreased)

Feudalism – Class system based on land ownership (COMPARE: British Feudalism with Japanese Feudalism)

Nobles

British Feudalism

Japanese Feudalism

Manorialism = Economy based on self-sufficient Manors & Plantations

Black Plague / Bubonic Plague

Oriental Rat Flea

REGENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS1. What social system was based on land ownership? 2. Why did people during the Feudal Era place so much value on Land Ownership? (hint: think about what made someone wealthy) 3. Draw a European style social pyramid from the Feudal era 4. What was the economic system that developed due to the land being owned by Kings and Lords? 5. List FIVE things that you would find on a Manor that made the manor self-sufficient with regards to food and shelter. 6. From where did the Black Plague come from? How was the Black Plague spread ?

China’s Dynastic Cycle

• Dynasties: Ming/Tang/Song• Overland Trade routes• Brought Chinese culture to Japan = Cultural

Diffusion• Art + Science + Invention• Middle Kingdom = Ethnocentrism• COMPARE: Divine Right of Kings (Britain) to

Mandate of Heaven (China)

Dynasties: Ming/Tang/SongMandate of Heaven = God Gives Family Power to Rule

(similar to Divine Right of Kings)

Marco Polo / Silk Road = Overland trade routes

REGENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS1. Where did Chinese royal families believe they got their power from?

2. What types of problems led to Chinese Royal Families losing their mandate of heaven?

3. Describe what geographic areas the Silk Road extended across.

4. List 4 items traded for along the silk road

Japanese Isolation- Tokugawa Shogunite

• The Tokugawa Shogunite = Feudalism• Isolate Japan = Shogun can keep power

• Land owners remain most powerful social group

• Japan falls VERY far behind as rest of world develops

• Japanese Samurai similar to European Knight• Samurai followed Code of Bushido/Knights followed

Code of Chivalry• Stressed Honor, Loyalty and Proper Respect for Lords

Japan = IsolatedWhy?

Samurai Warrior

Japanese Feudal Bushido vs

European Chivalry

REGENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Why was Japan isolated under the Tokugawa Shogun?

2. Explain the similarities between the Japanese Feudal system and the European Feudal system.

3. Describe the similarities between the Samurai’s Code of Bushido and the English Knight’s Chivalry

Magna Carta / Glorious Revolution

• Limited the power of the Monarch (king)• Parliament becomes more important = people

have greater say because of elected officials• Henry VIII and King James II• Protestant Church becomes “Church of

England”

Magna Carta (1215) = King had to follow the law; limited his power

Glorious Revolution: 1. Limited the power of the Monarch (king)

2. Power to Parliament

Modern Effect of Magana Carta/Glor. Rev.

QUEENPrime Minister Brown

Who has the power of British laws and policy making?

REGENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?

2. How were the Glorious Revolution and the Magna Carta similar in purpose?

3. Who holds the modern day political power in England? What is the modern role of the Queen and King of England?