Han Inventions
Government and Society
Daily Life
Vocabulary
Review.
100

What is paper?

  Thanks to this Han innovation, scholars could write on a lightweight, affordable material rather than heavy bamboo or expensive silk.

100

What was Confucianism?

The Han dynasty replaced the harsh, strict policies of the previous dynasty with this philosophy, which focused on order.

100

This religion/philosophy spread along the Silk Road from India into China during the Han era.

Buddhism 

100

What is a census?

A number of people living in a place.

100

What is a seismograph?

A device made to detect tremors.

200

What is a seismograph?

 This device was made to detect temors

200

Who is Confucius?

People had to pass and take  exams based on the teachings of this famous philosopher.

200

What is the Silk Road? 

What is the Silk Road? 

200

What is a warlord?

A regional military commander who helped during times of chaos, for example when the Han fell

200

What was the Pax Sinica?

A period of chinese peace.

300

What is the iron plow?

This agricultural tool, improved during the Han, used iron to break up soil more easily than earlier wooden plows

300

What was the Han? 

 This was known as the golden age of  chinese history. 

300

. What did the nobles and wealthier people eat during the Han dynasty?

They ate a variety of food, including noodles, duck, pork and vegetables.

300

What was the Pax Sinica?

A period of Chinese peace.

300

What rock was believed to preserve the body?

The jade rock. 

400

What is a rudder?

A tool which which allowed for better steering of ships, that was invented during this time.

400

Who is Emperor Wu Ti. 

 The Xiongnu People were attacked and defeated by this person. 

400

The wealthy or middle class people were usually?

Merchants, Nobles, Politicians or Civil servants.

400

What are matted fibers?

 The dough used to make paper, made from hemprags, Mulberry tree bark and water.

400

What happened to the Xiongnu people?

They were attacked and defeated by Wu Ti.

500

What is the wheelbarrow?

To transport heavy stuff over to farther places, the Han dynasty used this invention, which is still used in construction today.

500

His own son, after being accused of witchcraft against the emperor, starts and uprising and then......

Wu Ti dies.

500

Which rock was to preserve the body?

The jade rock. 

500

What is silk?

A luxiourious materiel made from the cocoons of silkworms. It was valuable and only worn by nobles.

500

What is a census?

The number of people living in a place. 

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