Nat Geo Chp 7 Sect 2.4-2.5

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18 questions
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After Shi Huangdi's death, what brought about the collapse of the Qin dynasty?

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Liu Bang , a _____ from the Han kingdom, began the Han dynasty in 202 B.C.

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Compared to Shi Huangdi and the Qin dynasty, the Han dynasty introduced practices that were _____ _____.

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What did the Han dynasty do differently than the Qin dynasty?

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The Han had peasants work for only _____ _____ per year to build roads, canals, and irrigation systems.

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The Han rulers also replaced Legalism with _____.

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The rulers established their government based on a _____, in which these appointed officials ran the bureaus, or offices.

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Later Han rulers included Liu Bang’s wife, who came to be known as _____ _____. Unfortunately, after she died, all of her relatives were executed by a group of rival court officials. They made sure that no other member of her family could rule again.

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Emperor _____, who ruled from 141 to 87 B.C., used military conquests to expand the empire’s boundaries nearly to the size of present-day China. His reign lasted 54 years, which set a record that would not be broken for more than 1,800 years.

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What desert did the Han expand into?

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Many merchants, government workers, and craftspeople lived in large houses in the cities. Peasants, however, lived in small _____ _____ in villages close to their farms

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Today, many Chinese call themselves “_____ ___ ___ _____” in recognition of the dynasty’s great achievements.

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The Chinese are credited with inventing the following:

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What was China's most traded good?

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The Han dynasty is sometimes referred to as China's first _____ _____.

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The silk road connected China to the _____ _____.

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_____ spread to China from India.

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Match the post-Han states with their location. This was known as "The Three Kingdoms."

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Wei
north
Wu
south
Shu
west