Han Dynasty Ancient China

This general founded the Han Dynasty.

• Shi Huangdi
• Laozi
• Liu Bang
• Kung Fu

Under the first Han emperor, China

• had a legalist government
• had a government based upon Confucian teachings.
• stopped Shi Huangdi's efforts to standardize Chinese life.
• began exporting Hatchimals.

Which Chinese emperor lowered taxes, encouraged learning, reduced punishments for crimes, ended censorship, restored order, and brought about peace and prosperity.

• Mao Tse Tung
• Liu Bang
• Zhang Qian
• Wudi

Emperor Wudi_____________

• invited the Xiongnu to buy horses.
• defeated the king of Yuezhi and turned his skull into a drinking cup.
• traveled to Mesopotamia, India and Persia
• expanded China's borders to include Vietnam, Manchuria and Korea.

Another accomplishment of Wudi was

• defeating the Yuezhi.
• creating the civil service
• building a pyramid.
• traveling to Mesopotamia.

Zhang Qian's discoveries

• helped start the Silk Road trade.
• supervised building the Great Wall.
• met with Kublai Khan.
• was governor of Vietnam.

The Han civil service helped govern China. To find the best people Emperor Wudi

• had them build a pyramid to test their intelligence.
• asked them to explore regions to see if they were intelligent enough to create good maps.
• gave them money and nice clothes as a reward.
• had them take an exam based on the teachings of Confucius.

The main strength of Han government was

• a well organized civil service.
• a strong army of good horsemen.
• riches from the Silk Road.
• the Great Wall of China.

A contribution is

• a four-wheeled cart moved by oxen.
• a disease carried by mosquitoes.
• a Chinese coin created by Wudi.
• something given or provided.

 a bureaucracy is

• a system of civil servants that help a ruler govern a country.
• a large Chinese wooden container to hold clothes.
• a tool Chinese sailors used to navigate on the ocean.
• A Chinese ship with a single sail.