The First Emperor of China

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In which year would a visitor to China have found a unified Chinese state under the rule of its first emperor?

220 BCE

To a large extent, the great wall was built by

Forced labor

Why did later Chinese historians have very different opinions of the Emperor of Qin?

He acted both wisely and cruelly.

Where did archaeologist find a life-size army made of terra-cotta, it kind of clay

Inside the emperor's tomb

Boats carrying goods to the Qin capital at Xianyang would have traveled on which waterway?

To the east

Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor of China, begin life as

A prince of one Chinese state

What actions related to the areas listed below did the emperor take to help unify China? Laws, money, weights and measures, writing

He standardized practices that had deferred in all parts of the country

Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shihuangdi'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

Why did the emperor of Qin order all Confucian books brought to the capital?

So he could destroy them

Why were some scholars killed?

The emperor hoped to stop criticism of the government

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

The two would suffer the same punishment.

Why were many people sent to work on the great wall not return home?

They died under harsh conditions

What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?

To keep invaders out

What was one difference between feudalism and the emperor of Qin system of government?

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


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