Social Classes
Shi, Nong, Gong, Shong
Who tried to kill Emperor Qin the first time? What was their punishment?
His mother and her boyfriend - the boyfriend was tried to horses and ripped apart as well as his whole family being killed. His mother was put into isolation
What were the 4 things Emperor Qin standardised?
Language, Currency, Measurements and wheel axcels
What is the name of the trading route?
Silk Road
What does Perspective mean?
Point of View
Who was at the bottom of the social hierarchy and why?
Slaves because they where not seen as human. Often foreigners and/or criminals
What period did Emperor Qin end?
Warring period
What does standardisation mean?
The Great Wall of China was made to protect from who?
Monogolians
What does Significance mean?
Something is important and have mean and value
What were the 4 categories used to measure a social class?
Wealth, Knowledge, Respect, Power
What was the style of government did Emperor Qin inforce?
Legalism
How would Scribes be effected by standardisation?
Need to be educated in new language - reading and writing.
How many routes were there on the silk road?
Too many to count
True or false
When we read a source the language is going to be either positive or negative perspective?
True. We need to look at the choice of words to determine if it is one side of the story or both.
Did the Craftsmen have knowledge? Why?
They would not have knowledge of reading and writing or learn from an education. They did have knowledge in their craft however, training specifically in their job.
What did Emperor Qin make?
The Great Wall of China
What did Emperor Qin do to the books and how did this effect the scribes?
Emperor Qin burned the books that did not follow legalism. If the scribes refused, or read one of these books, they were killed.
What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world and where is it located.
Mount Everest - The Himilayas - Between China and Nepal
Who wrote this source?
Source 8: Ancient historian Sima Qian
The King of Qin was born with a prominent nose, elongated eyes, the beak of a bird of prey, and the voice of a jackal: he seldom1 extends favour, and has the heart of a tiger or wolf. Once he really has his way in the world, he will hold the whole world captive. He is a ruler without benevolence (good will) or respect for learning.
1 seldom: rarely
Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty, translated by Burton Watson. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong Press, 1993.
At the bottom of the source it will have the name, year and location it was retrieved from
Explain who the least respected social class was and why? How were they restricted?
What did Emperor Qin do once he unified the warring states?
How would the standardisation of Language and currency effect the merchants?
The ability to communicate to make sales would be more difficult. Ensuring the money being used is correct and the values are the same
What is the name of Miss Adams pet dog?
I don't like dogs
Is this source positive or negative towards Emperor Qin?
Source 7: Man, 2008
…justice could indeed be harsh, with death sentences that included beheading, being torn apart by carriages, boiling to death in a cauldron and quartering, and lesser sentences like banishment1 and mutilation2… combined with hard labour (especially wall building).
The actual case records show that in practice Qin law was rather more lenient3 than its code suggests. Investigators were told to exercise patience with suspects, and avoid torture, which produced inferior evidence.
1 banishment: sending someone away and not letting them come back.
2 mutilation: damaging someone by removing a body part.
3 lenient: not as strong a punishment as expected.
Man, J. 2008. The Terra Cotta Army: China’s First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation, Perseus, pp. 81-82
Negative