Vocabulary, People, and Places

The Big Picture page on page 168

1.      When did the Shang dynasty end?

2.      Who became the power of the Huang River Valley?

3.      What is the Great Clay Army? (Reading Above)

4.      How did Shihuangdi become the emperor?

5.      What does Shihuangdi stand for?

The Rise of an Empire on page 169

1.      What made it possible for Shihuangdi and the Qin armies to win control and hold an empire together?

2.      What did Shihuangdi do to make the government run better?

3.      What were Shihuangdi new ideas about Communication that helped to unify China?

4.      Tell me about the money that Shihuangdi created for his empire?

Farmers Build the Empire on page 170

1.      How did the empire become rich?

2.      What were the farmers required to do?

3.      What was the Tomb of Shihuangdi like and why was it built.

The Big Picture on page 174

1.      How was the Qin Dynasty overthrown?

2.      What Dynasty came to be in power and how long did it last?

3.      Where did the Han dynasty expand?

4.      How was Confucius like Buddha?

5.      How was Confucius not like Buddha?

6.      What was Confucius’s passion and what did he learn?

7.      What is the central idea of Confucianism?

8.      How does traditions work in Confucianism?

9.      How does the central idea of Confucianism apply to government?

10. How does the central idea of Confucianism apply to the ruler?

11. How does the central idea of Confucianism apply to children?

12. What is the Mandate of Heaven?

13. What are “The Analects”?

Rise of the Han Dynasty on page 176

1.      What happened to the people that disagreed with Shihuangdi?

2.      Who got the government jobs in the Han Dynasty?

3.      Who was Wudi and when did he rule China?

4.      What was the School set up to do?

5.      What is the Grand School?

6.      What were the teachers like?

7.      What were the students like?

8.      What 2 things happen to the students if they passed the long test at the end of the year at the Grand School?

9.      What kind of learners blossomed throughout the Han Empire?

10. How was paper made and why was this important?

11. What is a Seismograph and how did it work?

12. How did the Han rulers use the Seismograph?

13. What was the center of economy during the Han Dynasty?

14. What did the lives of the farmer’s center around?

15. Why did the Han dynasty end?