Vocabulary
This is when a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.
What is a hostage?
This dynasty ruled China for about 400 years.
What was the Han Dynasty?
To qualify for a civil service job, applicants had to pass an examination about this way of life:
What is Confucianism?
This invention revolutionized communication.
What is paper?
These people were sent to settle new areas
Who were farmers?
This is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
What is a centralized government?
This person declared himself the first emperor of the Han Dynasty
Who was Liu Bang?
Peasants owed the government taxes and this:
What is a month's worth of labor?
This invention allowed horses to pull much heavier loads.
What is the collar harness?
Historians wrote books to help people better understand this:
What is their culture?
A vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea routes.
What is the Silk Road?
In addition to lowering taxes and softening harsh punishments, Liu Bang established this type of government:
What is a centralized government?
If the emperor failed in his duty to the Chinese citizens, this would happen:
The heavens would show their displeasure with earthquakes, floods, and famines.
The addition of an extra blade made this farm implement much more efficient.
What is a plow?
Although Ban Zhao gained fame as an historian, most women during the Han Dynasty were expected to:
What is stay at home/devote themselves to their families?
This is the process by which individuals or groups from one culture adopt the customs, values, and behaviors of another culture.
What is assimilation?
This woman reigned as empress from 195-180 bce
Who was Empress Lu?
This group of people were held in high esteem by the Chinese culture.
Who were the farmers?
Confucian scholars and ordinary Chinese people considered this occupation to be the most honored and important:
What is agriculture?
This Confucian scholar overthrew the Han and briefly ruled China.
Who was Whang Mang?
This person is a member of the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices
Who is an aristocrat?
Emperor Wudi expanded China through warfare and colonization and is remembered by this nickname:
What is the "Martial Emperor"?
The Chinese emperor relied on this to run his government:
What is a bureacracy?
The government established these to control the mining of salt, the forging of iron, the minting of coins, and the brewing of alcohol.
What is a monopoly?
In the year 11 ce/ad this left thousands dead and millions homeless.
What was a flood?