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The Middle Ages

Virginia SOL WHI.7

Understand the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages, including their political, cultural, and technological developments.

Study WHI.7 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 9 - World History and Geography to 1500 A.D

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and reasons for the spread of Buddhism in Tang China, Korea, and Japan.
  • Describe agricultural, technological, and commercial developments during the Tang and Sung periods.
  • Analyze the influences of Confucianism and changes in Confucian thought during the Sung and Mongol periods.
  • Explain the importance of overland trade and maritime expeditions between China and other civilizations in the Mongol Ascendancy and Ming Dynasty.
  • Trace the historic influence of the tea trade, the manufacture of paper, the development of woodblock printing, the invention of the compass, and the invention of gunpowder.
  • Describe the development of the imperial state and the scholar-official class.