KEY CONCEPTS
KC 2.1.2 - New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread
A. You should know the core beliefs and teachings of Buddha and Buddhism, and should be able to trace the changes over time as Buddhism spread throughout Asia.
B. You should know the core beliefs and writings of Confucius and Confucianism: social harmony, proper rituals and social relationships for all people, and the influence of Confucianism in Chinese culture.
C. You should know the core beliefs and writings of Daoist beliefs: balance between humans and nature, the influence of Daoism in the development of Chinese culture: medical theories and practices, poetry, and architecture.
KC 2.2.1 - The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by imposing political unity on areas where there had previously been competing states.
A. You should be able to explain how the Qin and Han empires grew when they imposed political unity on classical China.
KC 2.2.2 - Empires and states developed new techniques of government based on earlier political forms.
A. You should be able to explain how the Chinese bureaucratic system and centralized government organized their subjects.
C. You should be able to explain how the classical Chinese empires used successfully promoted trade and economic integration by building and maintaining roads and issuing currencies.
KC 2.2.3 - Unique social and economic developments in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
B. You should be able to explain the hierarchy and social structures of classical China.
C. You should be able to show how classical China maintained production of food and provided rewards for the elites.
D. You should be able to show how patriarchy continued to shape China through it's existence.
KC 2.2.4 - Han empire created political, cultural, and administrative difficulties which they could not control which led to their decline.
B. You should be able to show how external problems resulted from security issues along borders that included threats of invasion.
KC 2.3.3 - Trade included the exchange of people, technology, beliefs, crops, animals and disease.
B. You should be able to show how the spread of disease affected classical China.
C. You should be able to explain how Buddhism was transformed as it spread.
A. You should know the core beliefs and teachings of Buddha and Buddhism, and should be able to trace the changes over time as Buddhism spread throughout Asia.
B. You should know the core beliefs and writings of Confucius and Confucianism: social harmony, proper rituals and social relationships for all people, and the influence of Confucianism in Chinese culture.
C. You should know the core beliefs and writings of Daoist beliefs: balance between humans and nature, the influence of Daoism in the development of Chinese culture: medical theories and practices, poetry, and architecture.
KC 2.2.1 - The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by imposing political unity on areas where there had previously been competing states.
A. You should be able to explain how the Qin and Han empires grew when they imposed political unity on classical China.
KC 2.2.2 - Empires and states developed new techniques of government based on earlier political forms.
A. You should be able to explain how the Chinese bureaucratic system and centralized government organized their subjects.
C. You should be able to explain how the classical Chinese empires used successfully promoted trade and economic integration by building and maintaining roads and issuing currencies.
KC 2.2.3 - Unique social and economic developments in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
B. You should be able to explain the hierarchy and social structures of classical China.
C. You should be able to show how classical China maintained production of food and provided rewards for the elites.
D. You should be able to show how patriarchy continued to shape China through it's existence.
KC 2.2.4 - Han empire created political, cultural, and administrative difficulties which they could not control which led to their decline.
B. You should be able to show how external problems resulted from security issues along borders that included threats of invasion.
KC 2.3.3 - Trade included the exchange of people, technology, beliefs, crops, animals and disease.
B. You should be able to show how the spread of disease affected classical China.
C. You should be able to explain how Buddhism was transformed as it spread.