Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ______ Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Due Date: ___________________________________________________
Chapter 22
The First Emperor of China
30 points
22.2 Creating an Empire
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1. China’s first emperor began life as a ____________________________
_____________________________ of the royal family of the state of Qin. He was born
______________________________, near the end of the ______________________________
States period. In _________________________________ Qin took over the state of
Zhou, ending the ___________________________ dynasty. _____________________________
years later, _________________ -year old Prince Zheng became __________________.
2. What was another name for Qin?
____________________________________
3. Name four ways Qin conquered the remaining states after coming to power
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
4. What year did Qin gain control of China?
____________________________________
5. What is Legalism? (Complete sentence)
6. Qin divided his vast territory into ___________________ districts.
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Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ______ Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Due Date: ___________________________________________________
7. Explain the role of the three officials in each of the districts. (Complete
sentence)
8. As Qin developed his empire, he used Legalism as a way to control his
people. Do you believe Legalism was a positive or negative idea. (Complete
sentence)
22.3 Standardizing the Culture
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9. The Emperor of __________________________ wanted to unify China. One way he
did this was by _______________________________________________ cultural practices
that differed from place to place.
10. What would happen to officials if their grain spoiled or the storehouse
building collapsed?
11. True or False – Women were allowed to remarry under the Qin dynasty.
12. List out three different punishments under the Qin dynasty
13. To make it easier to ______________________________________ the emperor
standardized ____________________________________, ____________________________________
____________________________________.
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Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ______ Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Due Date: ___________________________________________________
14. Under the Emperor of Qin, the only acceptable from of money became
____________________________________ coins made of ____________________________________
____________________________________.
15. How did measuring cups help standardize the Qin Empire? (Complete
Sentence)
16. Explain what Qin did to the writing system? How did this help in the process
of standardization?(Complete Sentence)
17. As Qin developed his empire, he used standardization as a way to develop
his empire. Do you believe standardization was a positive or negative idea
for China? (Complete sentence)
22.4 Protecting the Northern Border
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18. To ____________________________________ his empire from
____________________________________, the Emperor Qin order a long
____________________________________ to built along China’s
____________________________________border.
19. Construction of the wall took ____________________________________ years. A
____________________________________ of ____________________________________ men was
assembled to build it. Some were ____________________________________. Many
were ____________________________________ who were forced to leave
____________________________________fields to work on the
____________________________________. Still others were
____________________________________, ____________________________________,
____________________________________, and ____________________________________ that the
emperor sent into ____________________________________ in the north.
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Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ______ Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Due Date: ___________________________________________________
20. What was in like for people constructing the wall? (Complete sentence)
21. According to later accounts, ____________________________________ of
____________________________________of men died while working on the project.
Their bodies were buried in the wall.
22. Explain how the wall protected China? (Complete Sentence)
23. As Qin developed his empire, he used The Great wall as a way to protect it.
Do you believe The Great Wall was a positive or negative idea for China?
(Complete sentence)
22.5 Ending Opposition
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24. Which groups of people were opposed to Qin’s ideas when it came to unifying
and protecting China?
____________________________________
25. How did Qin deal with those who opposed him?
26. How did Qin guarantee that the idea of Confucianism would be stopped in his
society? What two steps did he take? (Complete Sentence)
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Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ______ Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Due Date: ___________________________________________________
27. As Qin developed his empire, he made it a point to get rid of Confucianism
and people who were against him. Do you believe these actions were a
positive or negative idea for China? (Complete sentence)
22.6 The Emperor’s Death and the End of the Qin Dynasty
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28. What was emperor most afraid of?
29. ____________________________
30. Describe Emperor Qin’s tomb
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