1. Make Great Choices This Weekend!

2.  Early Dynasty  Shang dynasty: first historical records kept  Zhou dynas ty : Confucius and Laozi lived during this time.  Qin Shi Hung Di: built the Great Wall  Han and Tang dynasty  Ming dynasty  Qing dynasty

3.  1927: Chiang Kai-shek formed the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.  1949- the Communists won power and set up the People’s Republic of China.

4.  Taiwan and China have intertwined economics despite differences.  Taiwan has invested billions of dollars in factories on mainland China.  The rest of the world relies on Taiwan for key computer and electronic parts.

5.  The modern country of Mongolia was born after the overthrow of China’s Qing dynasty in 1911.  After the collapse of Soviet Communism, the Mongolians adopted a democratic constitution.

6.  China and Korea have a significant impact on Japan’s civilization.  Yamato dynasty  Yoritomo Minamoto: first shotgun  1542: first contact with Europe  1854: U.S. Navy pressures Japan to trade with the U.S.  Meiji Revolution: Japan’s new government rapidly modernized the country’s economy, government, military forces, education and legal system.

7.  Change from a feudal country to a modern country.  Cultural convergence  1894-1895: war with China  1904-1905: fought with Russia  WWI and WWII  Invades Manchuria and China  Pact with Nazi Germany  Today: Democratic and second largest economy

8.  Influence of Chinese  Buddhism and Confucianism introduced  Silla and Koryo dynasties  Invaded by Mongolia, China and Japan  Ruled by Japan; independent at end of WWII

9.  North Korea  Centralized government controlled by the Korean Workers Party (KWP)  Economic stagnation, acute food shortages, serious mismanagement of crucial resources.  South Korea  Republic