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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 13

Empires of Asia

Tang, Song, Mongols, Mughals and Japan

What your child practices

China from the Tang to the Ming, the Mongol Empire, feudal Japan, the Mughal and Ottoman empires, Korea and the Khmer, and how technology and trade spread ideas.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 8.4 · medieval China, India, Japan and Korea

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The Tang and Song dynasties in China made inventions like printing and gunpowder, and the Mongols built a huge empire.
  2. The Mughal Empire ruled much of South Asia, and the Ottomans captured Constantinople in 1453.
  3. In Korea, King Sejong created the Hangul alphabet; in Japan, samurai served lords under the shogun.

Example: Which Korean king created the Hangul alphabet? Hangul was made so more people could read. It was created in the 1400s. King Sejong led its creation. Answer: King Sejong

Empires of Asia in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 13 in 8th grade Social Studies, after The Islamic World and before African Kingdoms & Empires.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Zheng He led huge Chinese fleets across the…

    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Indian Ocean
    • Arctic Ocean

  2. Question 2

    The Khmer Empire built the temple city of…

    • Machu Picchu
    • Angkor Wat
    • Timbuktu

  3. Question 3

    Samurai followed a code of conduct called…

    • feudalism
    • bushido
    • the Twelve Tables

  4. Question 4

    Under Mongol rule, trade on the Silk Road…

    • moved to the Americas
    • became safer and grew
    • ended

  5. Question 5

    Japan's military rulers were called…

    • caliphs
    • pharaohs
    • shoguns

  6. Question 6

    The Meiji Restoration (1868) in Japan led to…

    • Mongol rule
    • rapid industrialization
    • the end of trade

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