Directions for East Asia (Map #1)

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1 Directions for East Asia (Map #1) (a site with a ton of maps that can help you locate the following) Directions: Label the map of China with the land and water features listed below in the color indicated in parenthesis. You can organize your map as you see fit. Oceans & Seas (Blue) Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean South China Sea Sea of Okhotsk Rivers (Green) Yangtze River Yellow River (Huang He) Mekong River Pearl River (Zhujiang) Heilong Jiang (Amur River) Mountain Ranges, Deserts & Plateaus (Brown) Himalaya Mountains Gobi Desert Takla Makan Desert Ordos Desert Kunlun Mts. Tibetan Plateau Tian Shan Mts. Greater Khingan Range Label Surrounding Countries (ALL IN CAPS- BLACK) Russian federation Mongolia Afghanistan Pakistan Nepal India Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Japan Taiwan Modern Cities (Black) Harbin Beijing Urumqi Xi an Chengdu Fuzhou Kunming Lhasa Changchun Hong Kong Shanghai Dynasties (Use colored, dotted lines for approximate locations and include the dynasty s dates in the key) Dynasty Maps Shang Dynasty (Ch. 2 reading) Zhou Dynasty (Ch. 2 reading) Qin Dynasty (Ch. 4 reading) Han Dynasty (Ch. 7 reading) Tang Dynasty (Ch. 12 reading/see link) Song Dynasty (Ch. 12 reading/see link) Great Wall of China (use small black X s to note its location)

2 Directions for Map #2 (Qin Dynasty ( B.C.E.) Rivers: (Blue) Huang He Yangzi Qin Empire: (page 160 in reading)(careful you have their correct area not all of modern day China)(use a key) Light Shade using yellow or light red the area encompassed by the Qin Dynasty Major Cities: (page 160 in reading) (Black) Yan Luanyang Hao Xi an Xianyang Shu Defensive Walls (page 160 in reading) (Brown)

3 Silk Road and Maritime Sea Routes Map Directions Map #3 Begin by drawing the silk road routes on land in green and the maritime (in the sea) routes in blue. Read the Silk Road passage and highlight any important information you find. Remember, you should not highlight everything as you read. Pick and choose what is the most important (hint: look at the questions in the boxes on the map before you read so you know what you are expected to answer). Countries and Empires along the Silk Road (all CAPS Black): Bactria Mongolia Turkestan Egypt India Persia Arabia Label Ancient cities along the silk road (Black): pg 243 Merv Khiva Bukhara Samarkand Kashgar Xi an Constantinople/Byzantium (today Istanbul) Baghdad Turpan Palmyra Antioc Tyre Label Ancient cities along the maritime sea routes (Black): pg 243 Guangzhou Barygaza Barbarikon Berenice Arkarmedo Muziris Countries along sea route (All CAPS Black): Borneo Malaya Sumatra After you read the passage, fill in the boxes on the map. You can answer the boxes with (this

4 located behind blank map) words at least 3 drawings Introduction to the Silk Road During the Han Dynasty in China, 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., a period of stability was established across China. One result of this stability was an increase in trade between the cities of the dynasty s region. This trade spread to regions that are now India, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran, and as far as the Mediterranean Sea to Rome. Commodities such as silk had become known to people in Rome through regional trade within their empire as it spread west. Silk was highly desired in cities like Rome, where people wanted it for clothing and decoration. Silk was very profitable for producers in China. The Silk Road connected the West with the East through cities like Alexandria Eschate (Alexandria the Furthest) founded by Alexander the Great in 329 B.C.E. The Han Dynasty s capital Chang an (now spelled Xi an) in central China was the main city at the eastern end of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was actually a series of roads extending north and south. People used these roads to carry goods between Rome and Chang an. At times, sea routes carried this trade, as maritime technologies improved or when violence threatened land traders. When pirates and other perils faced the merchants on the sea routes, trade increased on the land routes. Along the routes of the Silk Road, different regions offered goods such as dates, copper, herbs, and finished products. Goods such as the magnetic compass, silk, gunpowder and ceramics were traded from Chinese cities to the west. All along the trade routes, gold was a common form of money for trading. The Silk Road also spread cultures: ideas, languages, customs, and scientific knowledge. One additional impact was the spread of diseases such as the bubonic plague that spread across Central Asia into China and resulted in the Black Death in Europe. Over its history, the Silk Road saw periods of increase and decrease in trade. The amount of trade depended on conflict or stability along the road as well as new technologies, changing consumer wants, and competitive forces. The price of goods changed along the Silk Road, depending on consumer wants and the cost of transporting the goods over long distances.

5 Directions on Map #4 (Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties) Countries (all CAPS Black): Korea Japan Vietnam Empires: Sui with one color blue outline Song a different color with red outline Tang Dynasty different color with a yellow outline Major Trade routes (Black): Use resource maps website Cities (black): Kaifeng Hangzhou Chang an Guangzhou Great Wall (Black): Locations (using a key) Grand Canals (blue):

Tuesday, February 7, 17 THE SILK ROAD

Tuesday, February 7, 17 THE SILK ROAD THE SILK ROAD THE SILK ROAD The Silk Road was actually a network of smaller trade routes that reached over 4,000 miles across Asia. The Silk Road reached from Louyang (China) to Antioch (Syria). The Silk