Transcript Chapter 12: Empires in East Asia Extended Response Questions Question #1 • How did the Mongols affect life in Asia during the time period.

Chapter 12: Empires in East Asia
Extended Response Questions
Question #1
• How did the Mongols affect life in Asia during the
time period studied in the chapter?
▫ Think about:
 Interaction of cultures
 War and peace
 Spread of trade
Possible answers:
Under Genghis Khan’s rule, the Mongols used cruelty
as a weapon, defeating much of Asia, thus making the
largest unified empire in world history.
Under Kublai Khan’s rule, they successfully took
control of China.
Pax Mongolica was a time trade was encouraged; &
allowed exchanges of ideas & inventions between
cultures.
Question #2
• Why was Tang and Song China the most advanced
civilization of its time?
▫ Think about:
 Science and technology
 Agriculture
 The arts
Possible answers:
Movable type revolutionized printing; gunpowder led
to creation of explosive weapons; magnetic compass
increased sea power.
Fast-ripening rice imported from Vietnam allowed
farmers to harvest 2 crops a year instead of 1.
Spread of wealth, education, & urban culture led to
production of great poetry and Daoist artistry.
Question #3
• How was the Heian period similar to and different
from the period of feudalism in Japan?
▫ Think about:
 The aristocratic lifestyle
 The methods of governing
 Who held power
Possible answers:
Similarity: Wealthy people ruled each period;
aristocrats ruled Heian period, wealthy landowners
ruled feudal Japan.
Difference: Heian aristocrats’ life revolved around a
highly refined court society; warlords (wealthy
landowners) surrounded themselves with samurai.
Emperor ruled Heian period; Shoguns ruled using
emperor as a puppet in feudal Japan
Question #4
• What led to the rise and fall of the Yuan Dynasty?
▫ Think about:
 The Mongol conquest of China
 The leadership of Kublai Khan
 Problems of the Mongol rule
• Possible answers:
▫ Kublai continued & completed goal set by his
grandfather. It increased foreign interaction.
▫ Top government positions were given to Mongols &
foreigners; Chinese held lowest positions.
▫ Kublai overspent on fruitless wars, luxuries, & public
works; Chinese were overtaxed, so they rebelled.
 The Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty