Qin & Han Dynasties Quiz

Which dynasty saw China reuinted after the Warring States Period?

• Shang

• Zhao

• Qin

• Han

Which philosophy did the Qin emperor Qin Shi Huang follow?

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

How did Qin Shi Huang regain control of the government?

• He took land away from nobles and forced them to live at the capital.

• He doubled the size of his personal army.

• He executed all of the nobles and put new people in their positions.

Why did Emperor Qin Shi Huang plan and build the Great Wall of China?

• To punish all of the rebellious nobles

• To keep invaders out of China's northern borders

• To increase trade with countries north of China

How did the Qin dynasty end?

• A noble assassinated Qin Shi Huang and took over the country.

• Everyone in the Qin family died and there were no sucessors left.

• Military general Liu Bang ended the civil war that started after he died.

True or false: The first Han emperor (Liu Bang) was harsher than the Qin emperors.

• True

• False

The Han rulers set up a bureaucracy. What is a bureaucracy?

• A new form of religion that became more popular than Confucianism

• A method of taxation in which the emperor received half of all the crops in China

• A way of governing in which officials chosen by the emperor ran offices

True or false: There was a female ruler during the Han dynasty.

• True

• False

What was Emperor Wudi's great accomplishment during the Han dynasty?

• He expanded China through war and conquest.

• He supervised many important inventions.

• He brought Daoism to China.

Where did most Han citizens live?

• cities

• farms

• suburbs