Chapter 22: The First Chinese Emperor

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

• an invader from Central Asia

• a prince of one Chinese state

• a member of the Zhou Dynasty

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

• 1250 BCE

• 540 BCE

• 220 BCE

Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shihuangdi's style of rule?

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Confucianism

Which group most likely had the best life under the Emperor of Qin's rule?

• artists

• scholars

• merchants

What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?

• to keep invaders out

• to provide employment

• to punish critics of the emperor

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

• They became wandering nomads

• They died under harsh conditions

• They decided to live near the wall

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

• forced labor

• skilled stonemasons

• close friends of the emperor

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

• so he could destroy them

• so he could learn from them

• so he could have them translated

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

• in the Great Wall

• next to the royal palace

• inside the emperor's tomb

What happened after the Qin emperor's death?

• tight military control

• rebellions and civil war

• worship of the emperor as a god