Lesson 4 - 6th grade Han Dynasty

When did the Han dynasty fall?

A.D. 220

Which city is farther west, Changan or Luoyang?

Changan

How did Confucianism affect the Han Dynasty?

Confucianism encouraged the government to give jobs to educated people rather than nobles. Confucianism valued education, increasing knowledge and inventions.

What name did Liu Pang take when he became emperor of China?

Gao Zu

Confucianism

Han rulers based their government on these principles which had a strong emphasis on education.

What did Wang Mang try to introduce?

He wanted to abolish slavery and make economic reforms to break the power of nobles and wealthy landowners.

Wudi

Ruled from 140 BC to 87 B.C.

What sea formed the southern border of the Han Empire?

South China Sea

Grand School

Students learned Chinese History, proper behavior, poetry, and music. If students passed a large exam they earned jobs as government workers or teachers. Best, most brilliant teachers in the land.

What effect did the Han dynasty have on government in China?

The borders of China were expanded, the government became based on Confucianism, and founded a beaucracy.

How did the government use the information from the seismograph?

When the government knew that a region had experienced an earthquake they knew to send aide.

How did the seismograph show the direction where the earthquake occured?

When the ground shook, a long pendulum would swing slightly in the direction of the earthquake, thus hitting a rod that knocked a ball out of a dragon mouth, it would roll towards the region where the earthquake took place.

Seismograph

a machine that detected earthquakes

Beauracracy

an organization that runs the daily business of governement

What happened to the rule of the Han dynasty after Wang Mang was defeated?

powerful landowners became more powerful and the empire was much weaker.

What advances in technology were made during the Han dynasty?

predict eclipses of the sun doctors created new medicines Chinese language grew from 3000 to 9000 characters paper was invented wheelbarrows and fine vases and china seismograph