The Emperor's Silent Army

Who discovered the terra cotta army?

• some farmers

• some archaeolgists

• Qin Shi Huang

• some potters

What did the farmers do with the terra cotta head they discovered?

• They smashed it and reburied the pieces.

• They didn't really do anything to it. They called some archaeologists to come excavate it.

• They quickly buried it again because they thought it would cause bad luck.

• They excavated it and then sent photos of it to some archaeologists.

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Why did Emperor Qin make the terra cotta army?

• He thought they would become real soldiers who could help him conquer the world.

• He believed they would protect him after he died.

• He wanted to show the world how good his sculptors were.

• He wanted to play with them like toys.

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How did Qin become a powerful emperor?

• He used his military to conquer seven kingdoms.

• He discovered magic medicine that gave him power.

• He impressed everyone with his terra cotta army, so they made him the emperor.

• He got rich by selling jade, gold, precious stones, and other things. He used his money to make his own empire.

Who killed Qin Shi Huang?

• Another king shot him with a crossbow.

• Enemy soldiers killed him in a war.

• He killed himself accidentally.

• He wasn't killed. He died of old age.

What did Qin put in his tomb?

• the terra cotta army

• hundreds of swords, crossbows, and spears

• clothes, jewels, jade, and gold

• he killed his best workers and put their bodies in his tomb

When the terra cotta soldiers were buried, they looked different than they look now. In what way did they look different in the past?

• They used to have unique faces, but now, all the faces have faded away.

• They used to have colorful paint, but not anymore.

• They all used to be bigger, but they have become a little smaller.

• They used to have armor, but the armor dissolved in the dirt.

Which pit is the back-up force that is meant to help the main army?

• Pit 1

• Pit 2

• Pit 3

• Pit 4

What is one way the terra cotta army is different from Qin's real army?

• The terra cotta army is in the sword formation, but real soldiers didn't stand that way.

• The terra cotta army use crossbows, but real soldiers didn't.

• The terra cotta army doesn't have as many soldiers as the real army.

• The terra cotta army all have different faces, but the real soldiers were all identical.

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Why did Qin's ministers kill the workers who built Qin's tomb?

• They wanted to punish them for doing a bad job.

• They believed the workers would follow Qin into the afterlife.

• The workers accidentally killed Qin Shi Huang, so the ministers killed them as punishment.

• They wanted to keep the tomb a secret.