1. SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING TARGETS Chapter 5 Early China

2.  5-1 How might geographic features such as rivers and mountains benefit a civilization?  5-2 How are social classes determined in a society?  5-3 How has technology improved your life? In what way? ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

3.  Define: ideograph, mandate, pictograph, and aristocrats  Explain why Historians named this the “Period of Warring States”  Locate the Yellow River & describe where it gets it’s name from  Locate China’s capital city  List who the Shang people worshipped  Name the formal mandate that gave King Zhou power to rule CHINA’S FIRST CIVILIZATION CH. 5-1 LEARNING TARGETS PGS. 276-283

4.  Define: Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism  Explain what life was like in Chinese families and what they practiced  Clarify who founded Daoism and what type of society promoted it  List the three main social classes in ancient China  Describe the period in which the Chinese looked for ways to restore peace and order to society  Describe ancient China’s first great thinker and teacher LIFE IN ANCIENT CHINA CH. 5-2 LEARNING TARGETS PGS. 284-291

5. THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES CH. 5-3 LEARNING TARGETS PGS. 294-303  Define: acupuncture and legalism  Clarify who was the first Qin Emperor  Tell who found the Han dynasty  Locate the Silk Road & explain why travel was difficult  Explain the purpose for building the Great Wall  List those who viewed Qin Shihuangdi as a cruel leader  Name the system used for choosing Government officials  Describe how Buddhism became popular in China