Part A

Step I Reading

Read the article and try to get the main idea of each paragraph

Paragraph 1 Main events in Rome and China between 753 BC and 479 BC.

Paragraph 2 Similarities between China and Rome during the Han Dynasty.

Paragraph 3 Both Rome and China influenced areas between 212 BC and 100 BC.

Paragraph 4 Rome and China had a difficult time in the following hundred years.

Read the article again and answer the following questions:

1. When did Rome become a republic and what happened in China then?

2. When was China united and by whom?

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3. Which city did Han Dynasty have as its capital? Where is it now?

4. What did China and Rome have in common during the Han Dynasty?

5. When was Silk Road was in use? And what was it used for?

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6.When did the trade between China and Rome begin? What goods were traded?

7. When did Han Dynasty fall and what did it result in?

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8.When was Roman Empire ended? Was it the same story for China?

Step 2 Time chart

Read the time chart carefully and answer the following questions:

1. What happened in both China and Rome in the year 509 BC?

2. What about the year 27 BC?

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3. When was Confucius born?

4. How long did the Han Dynasty last?

Conclusion:

What is a time chart?