The Great Wall of China

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The Great Wall was a line of defense

• Most Chinese people throughout history have been poor

• Boys over a certain height could be forced to work on the Great Wall

• About half a million civilians worked for many years on the Great Wall

The reference to a "10,000-li" wall suggest that a li is a measure of

• Cost

• Time

• Distance

• Weight

Most of the workers on the Great Wall had previously been

• Nomads

• Farmers

• Soldiers

• Lawbreakers

Details in the passage support the idea that

• China felt threatened by its northern neighbors

• Construction of the Great Wall resulted in a famine in China

• Construction of the Great Wall ended China's trouble in the north

• Lawbreakers within China were a bigger danger than nomadic neighbors

Besides construction on the Great Wall, Qin Shi Huang Di is known for his

• Wars

• Laws

• Expansion of China

• Other building projects

All of the following ideas about Qin Shi Huang Di are supported by details in the passage EXCEPT that he

• Died at a young age

• Was cruel to peasants

• Was China's first emperor

• Was worried about invaders