Life
Why was the emperor so paranoid?
Because of multiple coups and assassination attempts.
Why did Qin Shihuang Di order the building of an underground terracotta army?
To protect him in the afterlife.
True or False? Qin Shihuang Di successfully unified China in 221 BCE, bringing an end to the Warring States period.
True!
What weapon did the Qin dynasty create that helped them win their battles?
The crossbow.
What was the main cause of Qin Shihuang Di's death?
Consuption of mercury.
In what shape did the emperor choose to build his tomb?
A pyramid.
What were the social ranks in the Qin dynasty?
First, the emperor, then scholars, then officials. After them in the "lower ranks", were the peasants, and then the laborers.
What was the key to the Qin dynasties success in war?
Their first three rows of their formation(their archers).
What did Qin Shihuang Di standardize during his time as emperor.
He standardized a writing system, weights and measures, and currency.
What did Qin Shihuang Di do to suppress dissenting intellectual ideas and promote state ideology?
He burned books and buried scholars who disagreed with his ideological beliefs.
What were the lower ranked classes subject to during the Qin dynasty?
They were subject to corvée labor, and contributing to large-scale public works.
How did Qin Shihuang Di persuade people to join his military forces?
He implemented a system of conscription, obliging citizens to serve in the military when needed.