QIN DYNASTY/SHI HUANGDI
KEY TERMS
OTHER FACTS
HAN DYNASTY
QUESTIONS
100

What means Shi Huangdi?

What is "First Emperor?"

100

what is silk?

What is a valued fabric that is soft and light?

100

How many people did it take to create the Great Wall

Hundreds of Thousand

100

What is west of the Han dynasty 

What is Tibet?

100

In your opinion, was Shi Huangdi a good ruler?

Yes, explain.

200

Which of the following acts do you think bested showed how powerful Shi Huangdi was—burning books, forcing nobles to move, or forcing commoners to work on government projects? Explain your answer.

what is Forcing commoners to work on government project

200

What is a sundial?

What is the use of the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day?

200

What was the technique the make silk?

What is making it from the cartoons of silkworms?

200

Why did the family take on such importance during the Han dynasty?

What is honoring one's family was important duty in Han China?

200

Uses your notes! To complete a diagram about how Confucianism influenced the Han government about family.

(Example)

Government <-Confucianism-> Family

300

Name three Qin Achievements.

What is massive building projects would help to unify the country, the Great Wall could protect them from invasion, and new roads?

300

What is acupuncture?


What is Improved medicine, and the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain?

300

Who were the most powerful people in the family Elderly, Babys, or the child?

What is Elderly?

300

Name some of the Han Advancements.

What could be Science, Medicne, and Art.

300

After unifying China, why did Shi Huangdi divide the country into military districts?

This helped the emperor enforce his tax system, and it also helped the Qin enforce a strict chain of command

400

How did Shi Huangdi strengthen the government?

what is He could help the emperor enforce his tax system. It also allowed the dynasty to enforce a strict chain of command.

400

What is a seismograph? 

What is a graph that measures the size of an earthquake?

400

What was burried close to the emperor?

What was 6 thousand life-size terra-cotta soldiers?

400

How was the Han goverment based on the ideas of Confucuis?

What is if a person passed an exam on Confucian teacings, he could get a good position in the goverment?

400

Why did people in China begin to grow curious about Buddhism 

What is diffusion, the spread of ideas, goods, and technology?

500

What is north of the Qin Dynasty?

What is the Gobi Desert?

500

What is Diffusion?

What is the spread of ideas, goods, and technology from one culture to another?

500

What was the river that went through the Han Dynasty?

What is Chang River (Yangzi River)?

500

Who created a new goverment?

Who is "Wudi?"

500

What actions did Shi Huangdi take to unify China and standardize things within the empire?

He constructed the Great Wall, and make good lands for farming.