Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Jan. 22

CE
  • spent time going over what Friday's Jacob test will look like
  • worked on criteria for leading class prayer
SS
  • in-class paragraph
  • time to study for SS test on Thursday
Here are the answers to the Review Questions:
1) Renaissance

2) soldier
3) projecting, curved eaves
4) canals and rivers made it impossible
5) carried on much as before
6) welcome
7) Mongols, not Chinese
8) division of races, more severe punishment for Chinese
9) It went from great (expansive) to non-existent with no real explanation. It could be because it benefited merchants too much, and they were lowest in Confucian society.
10) Eunuchs - controlled army, diplomatic corps, taxation, imperial workshops, palace guard
11) The rebellions and wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty had damaged China's business and agriculture to such an extent that there were some areas with almost no population.
12) foot binding
13) peasant rebellions
14) invasion by Japanese and Mongols, lost touch with the people

Wednesday: regular start, alt Mass Day schedule
Thursday: SS test (multiple choice)
Friday: Jacob test (oral)