Transcript Slide 1

TOPIC:
Chapter 4,
Week 1
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper)
What is China’s geography like?
Notes (right side of paper)
•China is located on the continent of Asia
•The country of Mongolia is to the north of
China
•The Gobi Desert separates China from
Mongolia
•The Himalayan Mountains are the tallest
in the world
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper)
What is China’s geography like?
Notes (right side of paper)
•The country of Korea is to the
northeast
•The islands of Japan are also to the
northeast
•Some important cities are Beijing,
Nanjing, and Chang’an
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper)
What is China’s geography like?
Notes (right side of paper)
•The Great Wall of China is on the
northern border and protected China
from attacks
•The Forbidden City is a palace in
Beijing that only emperors could enter
Sub topic #2 (left side of paper)
What were the agricultural developments
of the Tang and Sung dynasties?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Agriculture: the business of producing
crops and livestock
•Gave land to farmers
•Improved irrigation
•Developed new kinds of crops that
grew better in bad soil
•Crops that resisted disease
Sub topic #3 (left side of paper)
What were the technological and commercial
developments of the Tang and Sung dynasties?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Carried out reforms: changes to
government for the better
•Restored civil service exams
•Empress Wu: woman ruler who added
more officials to the government
Sub topic #3 (left side of paper)
What were the technological and commercial
developments of the Tang and Sung dynasties?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Strengthened military
•Conquered more land
•Built roads and waterways
•Opened new sea ports
Sub topic #4 (left side of paper)
Other Vocab
Notes (right side of paper)
•Reunification: when separate parts
come back together
•Wendi: emperor who reunified China
after a long period of fighting
•Economy: organized way in which
people make, buy, and sell things
Sub topic #4 (left side of paper)
Other Vocab
Notes (right side of paper)
•aesthetic: having to do with the
appreciation of beauty
•adept: very skilled or proficient