Transcript Chapter 7: China

From Mrs. Oehler’s Class Website
Earl Warren Middle School,
Solana Beach , CA
Han
Dynasty
Period of
Disunion
Sui
Dynasty
Tang
Dynasty
Song
Dynasty
Yuan
Ming
Dynasty Dynasty
 Agriculture:
• Song Dynasty – farming reached new heights
due to advances in irrigation.
 Underground wells to provide water for crops.
 Dragonbone Pump – pump that allowed farms to take water
from streams/rivers/wells, and place it into irrigation ditches to
water crops.
 Amount of land increases under Song and crops became more
efficient = surplus of food and other crops.
 Surplus crops help pay taxes and support a growing
population:
 60 million during Tang Dynasty
 100 million during Song Dynasty
 Cities
and Trade:
• Surplus crops allows Chinese to focus on other things as well
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(education, medicine, art, etc.)
Trade grows along with population in cities.
Grand Canal increases trade within China – allows remote rural
areas to transport crops to cities.
China expands trade (Silk Roads) – tea, rice, spices, jade, silk,
porcelain = all big exports for China.
Song Dynasty – sea trade becomes more common = greater
connection with more distant lands (Europe)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Price of goods
increased throughout
China (correct answer).
Increased food
production supported
population growth.
Cities grew throughout
China.
The Chinese were able
to devote more time to
other things, leading
new achievements.
 Inventions:
• Woodblock Printing – form of printing where entire pages are
carved into a block of wood. (Tang)
 Precursor to the printing press.
 Allowed written sources to be more widely available – expansion of ideas, information,
technology.
• Gunpowder – originally used for fireworks, this item was
eventually used for firearms (guns) and cannons = changed the
history of war. (Tang)
• Compass – Instrument using earth’s magnetic pull to show
direction = revolutionized travel, trade, etc. (Tang)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Price of goods
increased throughout
China (correct answer).
Increased food
production supported
population growth.
Cities grew throughout
China.
The Chinese were able
to devote more time to
other things, leading
new achievements.
 Inventions:
• Woodblock Printing – form of printing where entire pages are
carved into a block of wood. (Tang)
 Precursor to the printing press.
 Allowed written sources to be more widely available – expansion of ideas, information,
technology.
• Gunpowder – originally used for fireworks, this item was
eventually used for firearms (guns) and cannons = changed the
history of war. (Tang)
• Compass – Instrument using earth’s magnetic pull to show
direction = revolutionized travel, trade, etc. (Tang)