Tang, Song & Mongol Connections in East Asia — Practice · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: Connections Across Africa, Asia & Europe

What this practice covers

By the end of Tang, Song & Mongol Connections in East Asia you should be able to:

10 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: Tang, Song, woodblock printing, movable type, Yuan.

Problem 1

Build a comparative timeline. Were Tang, Song and Yuan one uninterrupted ruling family?
Answer and explanation

No. They name different political formations and transitions.

No. They name different political formations and transitions.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Trace technologies through use. Does knowing an invention date establish universal use that year?
Answer and explanation

No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence.

No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Include conquest and different experiences. Why compare a merchant’s account with an artist’s work?
Answer and explanation

They can reveal different positions within the same broad political change.

They can reveal different positions within the same broad political change.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Read cultural objects as evidence. Can one painting prove an entire population’s attitude?
Answer and explanation

No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.

No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 5

Explain how the two can be compatible evidence rather than choosing one as the whole truth.
Answer and explanation

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents.

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 6

Write a three-sentence museum or atlas label explaining this case. Include what is directly supported, one inference and one limit.
Answer and explanation

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 7

A writer claims the supplied case proves the same thing happened everywhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Repair the scope and identify a useful next comparison.
Answer and explanation

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 8

Which source or observation would most improve this explanation? Explain the information it could add and a limitation it would still have.
Answer and explanation

No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

No. Adoption and effects need separate evidence. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 9

Using the assigned chapter reader, connect this topic to another named society or period. Give one similarity and one difference using matched categories.
Answer and explanation

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its creator, audience and representational choices limit the inference.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 10

Revise your response to the whole-unit case after checking the fourth teaching part. State exactly what you changed and why.
Answer and explanation

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

The records concern differently situated experiences: cultural/political loss and privileged administrative travel. Both may be relevant, but neither alone represents all residents. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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