Beliefs
What did Qin Shihuang Di believe would make him immortal?
Mercury
Why did Qin Shihuang Di initiate the Great Wall of China?
As a defense against invasions.
What was the Social Hierarchy between different classes during the Qin Dynasty?
Scholars and officials had high social status and peasants and laborers had lower status.
what was taken from the tomb of Qin Shihuang Dis tomb
the heads of multiple terracotta warriors.
Why did Qin Shihuang Di enforce the burning of books?
To suppress people and promote his ideology.
How did bringing a end to the warring states period effect China?
It helped unify China.
What classes were often forced into labor?
Peasants and laborers.
why have archaeologists not opened Qin's actual tomb
because if they do they risk the tomb and terracotta statues being crushed
Why do archaeologists believe Qin Shihuang Di's tomb was full of terracotta warriors?
What is the name of the canal that Qin Shihuang Di commissioned to connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River?
The Lingqu Canal
What did the military service help maintain?
imperial control and help expanding the empire.
why did Qin undertake the construction of roads and canal
for transportation and trade