Ancient China 1
Who was the first emperor of China?
Qin Shi Huang
What was the first empire in China?
Qin Dynasty
Who primarily built the Great Wall of China? (Think of the social structure)
Slaves
The Chinese developed irrigation which helped them to do what?
grow more crops
These people were the lowest classes in the Qin dynasty
slaves and merchants
Name one of Emperor Huangs new laws that were introduced
Various
What 2 major rivers provided fresh water for Ancient Chinese people?
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
Are the Terracotta Warriors a primary or secondary source of information? Why?
Primary- from the time
Which metal is most valued by the ancient Chinese?
Bronze
What did Emperor Huang die of and why?
Suspected mercury poisoning trying to achieve immortality
How were the Terracotta Warriors discovered?
By a farmer in the 1970s
A series of rulers from the same family line
Dynasty
Ancient land and sea routes linking China with Europe, Africa, and west Asia.
Silk Roads
What dynasty came after Qin?
Han Dynasty
List 3 things we can learn about warfare/life in Ancient China through the discovery of Terracotta Warriors
Armour
Weapons
Chariots/Horses
What the emperor valued in the afterlife
Why was the Great Wall built?
What is "to keep out foreign invaders?"
What things traveled the Silk Road?
What is ideas, disease, inventions, people, trade, religion?
Explain the Yellow River was so crucial to the Ancient Chinese and why civilisations developed along there
Food and water source
Crops growing
Natural barrier
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
Huang He (Yellow River)
What was the era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, that ended in the Qin wars of conquest - the first unified Chinese empire, under the Qin dynasty?
The Warring States Period
What was China's primary export?
Silk
How did the mountains make governing China difficult before the Qin Dynasty?
The mountains created obstacles and made it difficult to reach, to tax, to fight for, and control in general.
Name 3 things Emperor Huang did to unite China
Ended Warring states
Same units of measurement
Same units of writing
How was the Han government Different from the Qin government?
Han was more interested in learning and heavily encouraged it.
Name 3 things Ancient China and Ancient Egypt have in common which were crucial to their development as a major ancient civilisation
Natural barriers to prevent invasion
Both based along a major river
Social hierarchy