China: Mandate of Heaven and Confucianism
Crash Course: China
To be completed at home.
In text book: You should have read Chapter 8 and taken notes.
How did Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism impact China's search for political and social order?
Find one quote or document for each of these and explain its importance for China. Describe how the document illustrates or best represents the philosophy.
Characterize the Han and Qin dynasties. Who were the rulers that had a large influence? Why?
How did they lead to unification of China?
How did they combine Legalism and Confucianism to provide order and organization?
What brought about the end of the Han dynasty?
Collect a minimum of 20 words, phrases, people and/places to add to your vocabulary cards.
Examples: filial piety, Confucius, Qin Shihuangdi, terra-cotta soldiers, Sima Qian...etc...
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| Terra Cotta Army buried in the vicinity of Shihuangdi's tomb. |
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| Details of horse that was part of the terra-cotta army. |
Confucian Analects
Texts of Taoism or Daoism
Comparison of India and China, religions and philosophies
Create a chart to compare the ideas listed.
Prepare for a Socratic Seminar: "Would America be better off if it lived according the teachings of Confucius?"
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