China Study Guide (Shang, Qin, Han)
Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from...
Bronze
Which did the emperor of Qin not standerize.
Colors of the flag
The seismograph was used to detect...
Earthquakes
Which of these Shang people had the lowest social status?
Grain farmers
Why did later Chinese historians have very different opinions of the Emperor of Qin?
He acted both wisely and cruelly
What is true about the Emperor of Qin?
He divided his territory into 36 districts, he punished the rich and poor equally, and he exiled his own mother.
What actions related to laws, money, weights, measures, and writing did the emperor take to help unify China?
He standardized practices that had differed in all parts of the county.
Where did the highest-level Han officials live?
In the Capitol
What Han invention would the Chinese use to send messages and measure enemy defenses?
Kite
Compared with the Qin dynasty, the Han dynasty
Lasted much longer
Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shi Huangdi's style of rule?
Legalism
Which group most likely had the best life under the Emperor of Qin's rule?
Merchants
What happened after the Qin emperor's death?
Rebellions and civil war
How did Zhou, a frontier state, most affect the Shang dynasty?
Rebels from Zhou overthrew the king.
The two most important industries in China were _______ & _______
Silk and salt
What two words would describe the Emperor of Qin?
Strong and cruel
The modern Chinese word for "merchant" is shang ren, which means "Shang man." What does this suggest about Shang culture?
The Shang traded a lot.
What have scholars concluded from the large number of wild animal bones found at Shang sites?
The Shang were active hunters
After dividing his country into districts, Emperor Qin put 3 officials in each. They were responsible for...
The army, the laws and agriculture, and keeping the emperor informed.
Under Qin rule, what would happen if a rich person and a poor person committed the same crime?
The two would suffer the same punishment
Which invention allowed workers to move heavy loads more easily?
The wheelbarrow
Why did many people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?
They died under harsh conditions
How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was not just a myth?
They found ancient artifacts.
How did the Han emperors gradually change the way China was ruled?
They moved from Legalism to Confucian ideals.
How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?
They spent too much on their palaces.
What often happened to people the Shang captured in wars?
They worked on construction, as slaves.
Which was not a duty of the farmers?
To aid in scientific research
What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?
To keep invaders out
What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin's system of government?
Under feudalism, leadership came from a few men; the Emperor of Qin had many leaders.
Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, began life as
a prince of one Chinese state
What new technology most helped the Han in warfare?
advances in working iron
What change made silk production more efficient?
an invention that wound fibers onto a large reel
The chain pump increased harvests by helping farmers
bring water up to their fields
What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?
finding food and weapons buried with kings
To a large extent, the Great Wall was built by
forced labor
Where did archaeologists find a life-sized army made of terra-cotta, a kind of clay?
inside the emperor's tomb
What was one effect of the invention of the drill?
more wealth from trade
Which of these men would most likely be hired for the Han bureaucracy?
one who did well on an exam
How did the Han emperors keep civil servants from doing special favors for their friends?
placed them away from their home districts
What technology did the Shang use to make strong helmets?
shaping a mixture of copper and tin (bronze)
For what purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone made from a turtle shell?
to ask advice from his ancestors
The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was south. What was their earliest reason for wanting to know directions?
to position buildings correctly for good fortune
What most helped Shang kings stay in power?
use of a powerful army
