First Emperor of China
Han Dynasty
The Silk Road
Grab Bag
Vocabulary
100
Full name of the First Emperor of China
Qin Shi Huangdi
100
increased harvests by helping farmers bring water up from their fields
chain pumps
100
Group of people threatening from the north
the Huns
100
(Squad Question) Chinese philosophy that included setting a good example and behaving properly
Confucianism
100
(Squad Question) a guess as to the value or size of something
estimate
200
Chinese teaching/philosophy that most influenced the First Emperor's style of rule?
Legalism
200
(Squad Question) Han emperors did this to keep civil servants from doing special favors for their friends?
placed them away from their home districts
200
(Squad Question) Father of the Silk Road
Zhang Qian
200
mineral used to preserve meat and vegetables
salt
200
to hang something in the air from a single point of support
suspend
300
(Squad Question) The group that most likely had the best life under the Emperor of Qin’s rule?
Merchants
300
The process though which the Han dynasty selected its government officials?
Candidates had to pass a difficult civil service exam.
300
Main religion spread from India to China along the Silk Road
Buddhism
300
(Squad Question) Dynasty during which the Great Wall was built
Qin
300
to remove or suppress ideas considered harmful or dangerous
censor
400
The order the Emperor of Qin gave concerning all Confucian books.
destroy them
400
device created because the Chinese believed it was important to properly position their temples, graves, and homes
compass
400
the reason silk was so valuable in ancient times
only Chinese knew how to make it
400
reason the Chinese invented the seismograph
earthquakes
400
a large, complex organization that functions under a given set of rules and conditions
bureaucracy
500
What did the Emperor do to make trade easier?
"standardized money" or "created Great Wall of China"
500
healing process of burning a small cone of powdered leaves of sticks near the skin
moxibustion
500
Nickname of the Pamir Mountains
"Trail of Bones"
500
Large body of water at the western end of the Silk Road
Mediterranean Sea
500
the spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another, or within one culture
cultural diffusion