Isolationism and the Ming Dynasty Document Study

​Isolationism and the Ming Dynasty

Document Study and Thesis Practice

For Each Group, In Your Notes:

Make Space for Four Sets of Document Questions

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For Each Document Answer:

1. ​Primary or Secondary?

2. ​What claim does the author make about sea voyages?

3. What words or phrases does the author use to ​convince you of their argument?

Subject | Subject

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Open Ended

After evaluating each document, Develop an argument that compares reasons for Chinese isolationism.

Example: Despite X, because of A and B, The Ming Dynasty government...