Social Studies Ancient China
What changes made silk production more efficient?
An invention that wound fibers
For what purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone made from a turtle shell?
Ask advice from his ancestors
Invention of the chain pump helped farmers...
Bring water up to their fields
Change weapons were especially strong because skilled Artisans made these objects from...
Bronze
What did the Chinese write on before invented paper?
Silk and bamboo
What actions did the emperor take to help unify China?
Standardized practices that had different in all parts of the country
During the emperor of Qin rule, scholars were severely punished because...
The emperor want to stop criticism of the government
Which tool did ancient Chinese scribes use for writing?
A brush
Qin Shi Huangdi, first emperor of China, begin life as...
A prince of one Chinese state
To a large extent, the Great Wall was built by...
Forced labor
What is true of the emperor of Qin?
His punishments were harsh but even
How were men hired for the Han bureaucracy?
If they did well on the exams
What often happened to people that Shane captured in wars?
It worked on construction, as slaves
What most helped Shang Kings stay in power?
Use of a powerful Army
What was the shape of the Han bureaucracy?
A triangle
What new technology most helped the Han in Warfare?
Advances in working iron
What Han invention would they use to send messages and frighten the enemy troops?
Kites
Compared with the Qin dynasty, the Han Dynasty...
Lasted much longer
What Chinese teaching most influence Qin Shi Huangdi's style of rule?
Legalism
Which group most likely had the best life under the emperor of Qin rule?
Merchants
Ancient Chinese healers use the technique of acupuncture to...
Rebalance the forces of Yin and Yang
What two words would describe the Emperor of Qin?
Strong and cruel
Discovery did the Chinese make, more than a thousand years before people in Europe did?
That blood circulates through the body
The modern Chinese word for merchant is Shang Ren, which means Shang man. What does this suggest about Shang culture?
The Shang traded a great deal
What have Scholars concluded from the large number of animal bones found at Shang sites?
The Shang were active Hunters
Which of the Shang people had the second lowest social status?
The grain farmers
The Shang Dynasty, Anyang what is an important city because...
The most important things were located there
Why did many of the people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?
They died under harsh conditions
How did the scholars learn that the Shang Dynasty was real and not just a myth?
They found artifacts
What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?
They found food and weapons buried with the Kings
How did the Han Emperor's gradually change the way China was ruled?
They move from legalism to Confucian ideals
How did the Han Emperor's keep civil servants from doing special favors for their friends?
They were placed away from their home districts
Under chin rule, what would happen if a rich person and a poor person committed the same crime?
They would be punished equally
What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?
To keep Invaders out
The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was South. What was the earliest reason for wanting to know the directions?
To position buildings for Good Fortune
What was one difference between feudalism and the Emperor of Qin's system of government?
Under feudalism, power was held locally; the Emperor of Qin help all the power
