1. Under the Mandate of
Heaven, ongoing wars
were a sign of a new
ruler. Who became this
new ruler?
2. When did he end battles
between warring states?
3. What actions prove Shi
Huangdi was a Legalist?
(What exactly did he do
that was so
cruel/harsh?)
4. What steps did Shi
Huangdi take to make
sure he was the sole
ruler? Whose power did
he weaken? How?
5. How did Shi Huangdi
unite China?
6. Who built the Great
Wall of China and for
what purpose?
7. Who did the heavy labor
to build the wall? (Who
actually built it?)
8. Why does the Qin
Dynasty end in 210B.C.?
Ch. 8 lesson 3
9. Civil War broke out at the
end of Shi Huangdi’s
son’s rule. What general
defeated the Qin, ended
the war, and reunited
China?
10. What dynasty did he start
around 202 B.C. that
ended around A.D. 220?
11. How did Lui Bang run his
government? (Talk about
taxes, punishments, what
he built)
12. What is a bureaucracy?
13. What type of people
were selected to be
govn’t officials? How
were they selected?
14. Who was Empress Lu?
15. Who was Emperor Wudi?
What is he known for?
16. What was daily life like in
Han China? (live, work,
homes, food, etc.)
17. What was city life like?
1. During the Han
Ch. 8 lesson 4
Dynasty, which
country was the only
one who made silk?
2. Silk = trade. It
increased contact
with the West. What
were the Silk Roads?
3. What goods
(resources) and
ideas (religion,
philosophies) were
traded along the silk
roads? List
everything….
4. What does transEurasian mean?
5. What is Cultural
diffusion?
6. Summary:
So why were the Silk
Roads important to
Chinese Civilization?