For the Week of November 2 through 6

 1. Read chapters 19 and 20 in Story of the World.

Chapter 19

The Indian Empire Falls Apart

1. Who were the three great Mogul emperors that we've already read about?
2. What three decisions did Aurangzeb make?
3. Who fought over Aurangzeb's throne after he died? What name was given to the one who won this fight?
4. Bahadur Shah only ruled for five years. Who claimed the throne?
5. Bahadur's Shah's son wasn't a very good ruler. Who decided to all him?
6. The Ali brothers put a young man named Farrukhisiyar on the throne. What was this new "emperor" supposed to do?
7. After putting two more "emperors" on the throne, The Ali brothers crowned Mohammad Shah. What did Mohammad Shah do first?
8. How did Mohammad Shah spend most of his time?
9. While Mohammad Shah was amusing himself, what were all of the officials in India doing?
10. Instead of an empire under one emperor, what had India become?
11. Which Persian ruler attacked India, using war camels and cannons?
12. Why did Nadir Shah become angry with the court at Delhi?
13. Nadir Shah left Mohammad Shah on the throne--but what did he do to India?

Sikh Khalsa Warrior
Notice his bracelet, sword, and shorts.

The Shopkeepers' Invasion 

1. Name two of the paces in India where the English had trading posts.
2. English merchants banded together to form one big company. What was this company called?
3. Why did the English begin to worry about their trading posts and their merchants?
4. What did the English do to protect themselves?
5. What did the ruler of Bengal, name Siraj, think when he saw the English building a fortress in Calcutta?
6. Who  did Siraj ask for help? What did he offer them?
7. When Siraj's men captured the English fort, what did Siraj do with his prisoners?
8. According to a survivor, John Holwell, what happened to 1120 of the prisoners?
9. What was the name given to the dar, hot dungeon where the prisoners were kept?
10. Who decided to send an army to punish Siraj and the Indians of Bengal?
11. Who led the army of the East India Company?
12. What message did Sir Robert Clive send to Mir Jafar, the chief general of Siraj?
13. After the battle, Mir Jafar became the nawab of Bengal. But what happened when Mir Jafar resisted the orders of the East India Company?
14. What laws did Bengal follow after this?
15. What happened to the last Moghul emperor?

Chapter 20

Emperor Chi'en Lung's Library

1. Where was the Forbidden Palace?
2. What was Chidden-lung doing by moonlight?
3. Was Chien-lung Han Chinese or Manchu?
4. Who was his grandfather?
5. Is the Chinese empire strong and powerful at the time of Chi'en-lung?
6. Before the time of Chi'en-lung, the stories of China were scattered throughout the country. What did Chi'en-lung do to make the greatness of China known throughout the world?
7. Did Chi'en-lung undertaker the task of collecting literature alone?
8. Can you name two of the four categories of the most important books?
9. Deciding on the list of books was the easy task. What difficult task did the scholars face after deciding on the list of books?
10. What was on one of the challenges of the Chinese language?
11. How many copies were made of the Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature?
12. What Chi-en-lung do with books that made unflattering remarks about the Manchu?
13. What did Chidden -lung love even more than books?

The Land of the Dragon

1. What two rivers were at the center of the Chinese empire?
2. Describe two characteristics of the imperial dragon.
3. What is the name of the huge dry plain in the northern part of China?
4. What was the name of Mongolia's capital city?
5. The people of Chinese Turkestan were not Buddhists. What religion did most of them follow?
6. In the country of Tibet lies the highest mountain in the world. What is its name?
7. What was special about the people of the mysterious Shangri-la?
8. What two people ruled in Tibet?
9. The emperor of China sent some soldiers to "help" the Dalai Lama rule in Tebet. What were the two leaders of this group of soldiers called?
10. What was the name of the land to the east of the Bay of Bengal?
11. From Burma, you flew across the South China Sea. What long thin country lies along its western edge?
12. What small island lies off the coast of China?
13. At this time in history, what proportion of the world's population lived under the flag of the Chinese imperial dragon?

2. Read Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Chapters 20-29.

Answer the following questions.

1. How did Minli spend her last copper coin?
2. What did the old man do after he finished eating the peach that Minli had purchased for him? 
3. How did Minli enter the palace?
4. The King and Minli had a very large meal in the Palace Garden. What did they eat for their meal?
5. What was the Unknown Part of the Story of the Old Man of the Moon?
6. Why was the City of Far Remote renamed as the City of Bright Moonlight?
7. What was written on the page of the Book of Fortune when the King looked at it with Minli? 
8. After Dragon told the lions his story and about his quest with Minli, who did the lions realize Dragon was?
9. What did the lions receive from the Old Man of the Moon?
10. What did Ba believe was the one word that was written on the slip of paper in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?
11. Who saved Minli from the tiger?
12. What did Minli decide to do when she realized Dragon’s wounds were not healing and he was getting weaker?

3. Work on your story for your yard animals! Bring what you have to the table on Friday and we will work on it a little more. We will also be having a Chinese culture day. Yay!