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WH-The Qin Dynasty

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

Which of these did Qin Shi Huangdi NOT accomplish?

common currency

single written language

development of gunpowder

divided China into 36 provinces

Qin Shi Huangdi buried 460 scholars alive for disobeying his rules.

true

false

The First Emperor of China

Liu Bang

Shi Huangdi

Wu Wang

Confucius

What did Qin Shi Huangdi have created for him so he could rule in his afterlife?

terra cotta army

Great Wall

Shaolin Temple

pyramid

Which way of governing China did Shi Huangdi use to bring order back to China?

Legalism

Confucianism

Daoism

Qinism

Shi would order his armies to destroy city walls of the towns they conquered because...

He hated walls

He despised their artwork

The walls blocked his armies in the town

He wanted to prevent future revolts

Which of the following was NOT one of the changes Shi made?

Took all power for himself

Forced all to worship the Dao

Began major building projects

Divided China into districts

To unify the very divided China, Shi implemented all of the following EXCEPT...

Same written language

Uniform laws & punishments

Enforced the same religion

New $$ system

With the same money and written language, ___ between regions became much easier!

relationships

trade

travel

vacationing

10.

Which of the following was NOT one of the building projects Shi Huangdi oversaw during his reign?

Temples

Network of roads

Canals & Irrigation

Great Wall

11.

Many people were unhappy with Shi's policies because ____.

it costed them lots of money

he was power hungry

his policies were harsh

the taxes were unfair

12.

Soon after Shi's death, ____ attacked the Chinese capital and forced the new emperor to surrender.

Rebels

Outside invaders

Nobles & Priests

Peasants

13.

Without central government in China, their empire fell back into _____.

Chaos

Disorder

Civil War

ALL of these

14.

In 221BCE, __________________ succeeded in unifying China.

Shi Huangdi

Han Feizi

Laozi

Confucius

15.

Shi Huangdi means __________________________.

First Emperor

Final King

Supreme Ruler

Calm

16.

Which philosophy did the Qin dynasty follow?

Confucius

Daoism

Legalism

17.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, what happened in China?

Civil War

A return to the Zhou Dynasty

Famine

Revolution

18.

Shi Huandi's name prior to changing it was:

YING Zheng

Han Feizi

Shi Huangdi (trick question)

Laozi

19.

What did the Qin build to improve China's water system?

Roads

Dams

Canals

Harbors

20.

What is one way that Shi Huangdi tried to censor the thoughts of Chinese people?

He started construction on a Great Wall.

He ordered the burning of all books that did not support his policies.

He developed a standardized currency.

21.

The only books Shi Huangdi saved were books that dealt with:

Medicine

Farming

Predicting the future

Religion

22.

What type of books did Shi Huangdi burn?

All books that did NOT agree with Legalism

All books that did NOT agree with Laozi

All books

All books that did NOT agree with Confucianism

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WH-The Qin Dynasty

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

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