Society (Answer with Question)
Who is the Emperor?
This philosophy was considered a threat to Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
What is Confucianism?
Who/what did Qin Shi Huang unite?
The warring states.
What was built to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the after life?
The terracotta army.
Which profession was at the bottom of the social scale?
Merchants (the Shang).
Members of important families who owned large areas of land and held important positions in the government.
Who are the nobles (the shi)?
Scholars were executed.
What happened to scholars that taught, studied and wrote books about Confucianism?
He organised a central what, dividing China into administrative prefectures?
Government (administration).
After the internment (burial) of the First Emperor, who was also entombed?
Artisans and labourers who crafted objects and mechanical devices.
Which profession included an examination that resulted in many men heading to the city on 'examination day' hoping to better themselves?
Scholars (the shi).
Largest percentage of the population and were considered important for the welfare of the whole country.
Who are the farmers (the nong)?
Confucianism could generate criticism of the emperor's rule.
Why did Emperor Qin Shi Huang fear / dislike Confucian teachings?
What did Qin Shi Huang order all lords to hand in?
Their weapons.
What terracotta statue was a symbol of wealth and power?
Terracotta horses.
All people in Ancient China were paid for the work. How was payment made?
Through money, food or goods.
Most highly education group in China and held government positions which were gained from an examination system.
Who are the scholars (the shi)?
a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Merit (personal skills)
What continuing belief from Ancient China about the afterlife still exists in modern China?
At the top of the social scale, who were envied because they could ride in chariots and carry swords?
Scholars & Nobles (The Shi)
Little respect for this group was held but many in this group were very wealthy.
Who are the merchants (the shang)?
An important political theory in Chinese history: each dynasty of China rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven, and falls, only to be replaced by a new dynasty.
What is the dynastic cycle?
What is the administrative approach called that meted out strict punishments (irrespective of rank or wealth) to anyone who disobeyed or even questioned his authority?
Legalism
When did the work begin on Emperor Qin's tomb?
215 BCE
Identify the four major professions in Ancient China? (Key word is profession)
Scholars (Shi), Farmers (nong), Artisans (gong), Merchants (shang).