Formation of the Han Dynasty.
The name of the dynasty that existed before the Han nd only lasted 14 years.
What is the Qin?
All men ages 25-60 had to serve this many years in the Han army.
What is two?
This made it easier to move water from low irrigation ditches and canals up to fields.
What is a chain pump?
In _____ thin needles are inserted in different parts of the body in order to rebalance the forces of yin and yang.
What is acupuncture?
What is a bureaucracy?
The Chinese people were unhappy with this type of government imposed by the Qin and Shi Huangdi.
What is Legalist?
Advances in _____-making improved the strength and quality of armor.
What is iron?
Han skill in ironwork enabled them to create this farm tool.
The Chinese learned to judge health by listening to a person's heart and feeling his/her ____, caused by the contraction of the heart as it pumps through the body.
What is a pulse?
Civil servants were hired based on ____ instead of social status.
What is ability and knowledge?
He conquered the Qin and established his own empire?
Who is Liu Bang?
The Han were amongst the first to make these out of iron, enabling a soldier to swing at an enemy from a safer distance.
What are swords?
In addition to the chain pump and plow, this agricultural invention also made farming easier.
What is the wheelbarrow?
The Chinese recorded the appearance of ____, which they called "broomsticks."
What are comets?
Style of writing created by the Chinese.
What is calligraphy?
China experienced a long period of stability and wealth called a _______ under the Han.
What is a golden age?
The weapon that uses two pieces of wood in the shape of a cross, with string with string attached, used to shoot arrows.
What is a crossbow?
The Chinese invented this instrument used to record earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
The ideal material for calligraphy.
What is paper?
Han emperors expanded China all the way to these present-day countries.
What are Vietnam and Korea?
Used to send messages from one part of an army to another or to frighten an enemy.
What are kites?
What is a magnetic compass?
What is silk or bamboo?