Qin Intro
How long did the Qin Dynasty last?
What is 15 years?
What state was Shi Huangdi born in?
Name one way that Shi Huangdi unifies the newly unified states.
Building projects: highways to the capital, connecting rivers via canals to make transportation from north to south faster
Standardizing coinage, writing, and measurements
Give ownership of land to peasants
Shi Huangdi became obsessed with immortality. What was the "elixir" he was drinking?
What is mercury?
Everyone would know the Emperor died, when he died. True or false.
Who was the legendary founder of the state of Qin?
Who is Gao Yang?
False. The Great Wall of China started out as walls that were built by each of the individual 7 states to protect themselves from each other. Shi Huangdi just connected them to make one big wall.
Shi Huangdi is going to devote more resources to building his grand tomb. What other civilization did we see also do this?
Who are the Egyptians?
Shi Huangdi named his younger son, Hu Hai, his heir. True or false.
False. He originally named his eldest son, Fusu as his heir.
The state of Qin became associated with what animal?
What are horses?
What is Ying Zheng?
If you were sent to work on the Great Wall you would most likely return home. True or false.
False. You were most likely going to die there.
The tomb was as large as a _______________.
What is city?
What two people worked together to change Shi Huangdi's will?
Who are Li Si and Zhao Gao?
The Qin had a formidable army, horsemanship, iron weapons, and war chariots. With only these advantages, they were able to defeat the other states. True or false.
What is false?
Who is Lu Buwei?
Who suggested that the Emperor burn books?
Who is Li Si?
What were created to protect the Emperor in the afterlife from evil spirits?
What are the Terracotta Warriors?
Li Si and Zhao Gao will eventually get what's coming to them both. Who was the last Emperor of the Qin Dynasty?
Shang Yang developed and codified what philosophy for the state of Qin?
What is Legalism?
Name the two people who try and overthrow Shi Huangdi.
Who are his mom & Lao Ai?
What kind of books were burned?
The Terracotta Warriors all looked the exact same. True or false.
What is false?
There were two leaders of a rebellion against the Qin. Xiang Yu of Chu and Liu Bang of Han. Who is going to ultimately win, and begin the next dynasty and what was that dynasty called?
Who is Liu Bang and the Han Dynasty?