UNIT+TWO+ANCIENT+CHINA

HOMEWORK
DESCRIBE CHINA TODAY, ITS GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING, POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, POPULATION, AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS. SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT IDEAS OF MENCIUS. SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT IDEAS OF HAN FEI TZU.

**ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR UNIT 2**
HOW HAS CHINA'S GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING AND POPULATION SIZE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE CULTURE? WHAT ARE SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHY OF CONFUCIANISM? WHAT ARE SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHY OF DAOISM? WHAT ARE SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHY OF LEGALISM? DESCRIBE SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE, BOTH WRITTEN AND SPOKEN. EXPLAIN WHY QIN SHI HUANGDI WAS IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT CHINA.