Chapter 22: The First Chinese Emperor

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Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor of China, began life as...

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a prince of one Chinese state

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In which year would a visitor to China have found a unified Chinese state under the rule of its first emperor?

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220 BCE

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Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shihuangdi's style of rule? Options: Daoism, Legalism, Confucianism

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Legalism

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Which group most likely had the best life under the Emperor of Qin's rule? Options: artists, scholars, merchants

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merchants

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What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?

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to keep invaders out

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Why did many people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?

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They died under harsh conditions

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To a large extent, the Great Wall was built by:

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forced labor

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Why did the Emperor of Qin order all Confucian books brought to the capital?

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so he could destroy them

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Where did archaeologists find a life-sized army made of terra-cotta, a kind of clay?

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inside the emperor's tomb

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What happened after the Qin emperor's death?

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rebellions and civil war