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Chapter 23
Guided Reading Packet
35 points
23.2 Warfare
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1. The ______________________________ excelled in ______________________________. Their
military tactics and new weapons helped them expand their empire. At its
height, the ______________________________ reached west into
______________________________ Asia, east to present-day
______________________________, and south to present-day
______________________________.
2. If you were a male between the ages of 25 to 60, how long were you required
to serve in the army under the Han dynasty?
3. ______________________________
4. Historians estimate that Han armies had ______________________________ to
______________________________ men.
5. How did the development of iron help the Han army? (Complete sentence)
6. Another favorite weapon of the ______________________________ was the
______________________________.
23.3 Government
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7. The ______________________________ made ______________________________
improvements in the ______________________________ government. They adopted
the ______________________________ government established by Emperor Qin
Shihuangdi. But they ______________________________ the harsh ruling style of the
emperor and brought ______________________________ideas back into government.
8. What is a bureaucracy?
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9. Why do you believe the Han dynasty established a bureaucracy to run their
empire? (Complete sentence)
10. The top ______________________________ officials lived in the capital and gave
advice to the emperor. Lower-level officials lived throughout the empire.
Their ______________________________ included
____________________________________________________________. They also had to make
sure that enough ______________________________ was produced and stored in case
of famine.
11. If you wanted to become a Civil servant under the Han dynasty, what did you
have to do?
______________________________
12. Why were civil servants not allowed to serve in their home districts?
(Complete sentence)
13. True or False – Civil Servants were evaluated every 3 years and could be
promoted or demoted based on their evaluation.
Agriculture 23.4
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14. List out the different things Farmers were expected to accomplish
throughout the year.
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
15. What made a farmers life so difficult?
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16. List out the three inventions that helped the Han farmers during this time
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
23.5 Industry
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17. What were the two most important industries in China?
______________________________
______________________________
18. How did technology help silk production? (Complete sentence)
19. Why was silk so important to the Han dynasty (Complete sentence)
20. Why was salt so important during this time? (Complete sentence)
23.6 Art
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21. A key advance in art under the Hand was the invention of
______________________________
22. What is calligraphy?
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23. Why did the Chinese stop writing on silk
24. People also wrote on ______________________________.
25. How did paper change Chinese society? (Complete sentence)
23.7 Medicine
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26. The ______________________________ Chinese believe that
______________________________ happened when the forces of
______________________________ and ______________________________ in the body were
out of ______________________________.
27. Describe acupuncture in your own words
28. The ancient Chinese also made discoveries about how the
______________________________ body works. For example, they learned to judge
health by ______________________________ to a person’s ______________________________
or feeling his or her ______________________________.
29. The Chinese also discovered that blood ______________________________ from the
hear through the body and back to the ______________________________.
30. What is anesthetic?
23.8 Science
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31. How did the compass help Chinese society? (Complete sentence)
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