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China
1532 BCE-1368 CE
How can a diverse society maintain political unity?
eadership
Explain how the Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic Cycle helped Chinese leaders
legitimize the transfer of power
Explain why feudalism failed to unite China
Evaluate the ways Shi Huang Di united China
Describe the infrastructure proects built by the !in and other dynasties and explain how
these proects united China
Explain why the Han created" and other dynasties used" the civil service system
Explain why the Han, Song and Tang Dynasties continued to use the bureaucracy and
autocracy the !in established and describe how they changed it
Describe the accomplishments of the Mongol leaders Chinggis Khan and Kublai Khan
Explain how pastoral nomads were both a regressive force and agents of cultural
diffusion
!eli"ion and #hilosophy
Describe the diverse ideas of Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism
Explain how these ideas influenced government" family" social class" and education
$nnovations
Explain how written language united Chinese culture beginning in the Shang Dynasty
Describe the innovations of the Tang and Song Golden ge
Explain how these innovations encouraged urbani!ation and commerciali!ation
%rade &etwor's
Describe the risks and benefits of trading on the Sil" #oad
Describe the image people in other parts of Eurasia had of China
Explain how the #ilk $oad reinforced China%s view of itself as the Middle Kingdom
Explain how $uddhism became part of Chinese culture
(cademic )'ills
Compose a thesis statement& select and analy!e evidence to support that statement
'rite a multi%paragraph analytical essay
Create an ()* Works Cited page using &oodle$ib