The First Emperor of China
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
