Chapter 6: China Review

Under the _______ China was unified, a network of roads and canals was built, and the written language was standardized.

• Qin Dynasty

• Great Wall

• Shi Huangdi

Shi Huangdi ordered the destruction of all the writings that did not agree with Legalism.

• True

• False

The ______, a barrier that linked earlier walls across China's norther frontier, was built to stop the nomads from invading China.

• Qin Dynasty

• Great Wall

• Shi Huangdi

Shi Huangdi ordered the destruction of all the writings that did not agree with Legalism.

• True

• False

King Ying Zheng gave himself the title _______, which means first emperor.

• Qin Dynasty

• Great Wall

• Shi Huangdi

The Great Wall of China was a massive building project undertaken under Shi Huangdi's rule that required the labor of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and workers.

• True

• False

______ is the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain.

• seismograph

• acupuncture

• sundial

__________ was a follower of Legalist political beliefs. He created a strong government with strict laws and punishments.

• Qin Dynasty

• Great Wall

• Shi Huangdi

This 4,000-mile-long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia's deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea.

• silk

• Silk Road

• diffusion

A ___________ is a device that measures the strength of an earthquake.

• seismograph

• acupuncture

• sundial