Qin and Han Dynasties

How did the Han emperors gradually change the way China was ruled?

• Returned power to local nobles using feudalism

• Chose civil servants based on social status

• Moved from harsh punishments of Legalism to Confucianism

• Killed any who opposed them and burned their books

Which technology did NOT help help the Han expand their empire

• Kites

• Ironworking

• The Chain Pump

• Cross bows

What action did the emperor of Qin take to help UNIFY China?

• He set up schools where peasants were taught.

• He built the Great Wall to stop invaders

• He standardized practices like laws and currency in China

• He persecuted Confucian scholars and teachings

Under Qin rule, what would happen if a rich person and a poor person committed the same crime?

• The rich person would pay a larger fine.

• The two would have to exchange places.

• The two would suffer the same punishment.

• Only the poor person would be punished

What was the purpose of building the Great Wall?

• to keep invaders out

• to provide employment

• to reward followers with land

• to punish critics of the emperor

True or false: Legalism: Legalists believed that harsh punishments would keep people from breaking the law.

• True
• False

If a ruler is moral and good, then the people he rules should obey him.
This is an example of which idea or philosophy?

• Legalism
• Confucianism
• The Mandate of Heaven
• Daoism

With what type of government system did Shi Huangdi rule?

• Daoism
• Confuscianism
• Democracy
• Legalism

The Chinese invented...

• paper
• wheelbarrow
• compass
• all of the above

The Han Dynasty practiced...

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Buddhism