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