Social Studies Ancient China

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What changes made silk production more efficient?

An invention that wound fibers

For what purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone made from a turtle shell?

Ask advice from his ancestors

Invention of the chain pump helped farmers...

Bring water up to their fields

Change weapons were especially strong because skilled Artisans made these objects from...

Bronze

What did the Chinese write on before invented paper?

Silk and bamboo

What actions did the emperor take to help unify China?

Standardized practices that had different in all parts of the country

During the emperor of Qin rule, scholars were severely punished because...

The emperor want to stop criticism of the government

Which tool did ancient Chinese scribes use for writing?

A brush

Qin Shi Huangdi, first emperor of China, begin life as...

A prince of one Chinese state

To a large extent, the Great Wall was built by...

Forced labor

What is true of the emperor of Qin?

His punishments were harsh but even

How were men hired for the Han bureaucracy?

If they did well on the exams

What often happened to people that Shane captured in wars?

It worked on construction, as slaves

What most helped Shang Kings stay in power?

Use of a powerful Army

What was the shape of the Han bureaucracy?

A triangle

What new technology most helped the Han in Warfare?

Advances in working iron

What Han invention would they use to send messages and frighten the enemy troops?

Kites

Compared with the Qin dynasty, the Han Dynasty...

Lasted much longer

What Chinese teaching most influence Qin Shi Huangdi's style of rule?

Legalism

Which group most likely had the best life under the emperor of Qin rule?

Merchants

Ancient Chinese healers use the technique of acupuncture to...

Rebalance the forces of Yin and Yang

What two words would describe the Emperor of Qin?

Strong and cruel

Discovery did the Chinese make, more than a thousand years before people in Europe did?

That blood circulates through the body

The modern Chinese word for merchant is Shang Ren, which means Shang man. What does this suggest about Shang culture?

The Shang traded a great deal

What have Scholars concluded from the large number of animal bones found at Shang sites?

The Shang were active Hunters

Which of the Shang people had the second lowest social status?

The grain farmers

The Shang Dynasty, Anyang what is an important city because...

The most important things were located there

Why did many of the people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?

They died under harsh conditions

How did the scholars learn that the Shang Dynasty was real and not just a myth?

They found artifacts

What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?

They found food and weapons buried with the Kings

How did the Han Emperor's gradually change the way China was ruled?

They move from legalism to Confucian ideals

How did the Han Emperor's keep civil servants from doing special favors for their friends?

They were placed away from their home districts

Under chin rule, what would happen if a rich person and a poor person committed the same crime?

They would be punished equally

What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?

To keep Invaders out

The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was South. What was the earliest reason for wanting to know the directions?

To position buildings for Good Fortune

What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin's system of government?

Under feudalism, power was held locally; the Emperor of Qin help all the power


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