Study Guide – Ancient China

Chapter 7, Lesson 4

Pages 174-178

The Big Picture

1. Who overthrew Shihuangdi’s Qin dynasty? ____________________________

2. Who lead these armies? __________________________________

3. What was the name of his dynasty? ________________________________

4. How long would this dynasty last? _______________________________

5. What is the name of the man who would reshape entire civilizations with his ideas about living a peaceful life? ___________________________

When did he live? ______________________________________________

6. Look carefully at the dates.  Did he live before or after the Qin and Han dynasty? __________________________

Confucius

7. What did Confucius say the Chinese had lost? ______________________________________________________________________

8. How could one get them back? ______________________________________

9. What was the central idea of Confucianism?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10.  From whom did the emperors receive the right to rule? _____________________________________________________________________

11. Where were Confucius’s thoughts recorded? _________________________

Rise of the Han Dynasty

12. What did the Han rulers want to do?

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13. The Han ruler kept the ________________dynasty’s system of government.  Who did they give jobs to? ____________________________

The Grand School

14. Where were the schools set up? ______________________________________

15. How many students could study at the Grand School during Wudi’s rule? ________________

16.  What did they learn at school? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. What happened at the end of the first year? _______________________________________________

18. What was written by Chinese scholars in A.D. 100? ____________________________________________________

The Invention of Paper

19. How did the Chinese make paper? ______________________________________________________________________

An Amazing Instrument

20. What was one of the most remarkable achievements of Han inventors? ___________________________________________________

Life During the Han Dynasty

21. What was the center of China’s economy and society?

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22. What is an example of traditional economic society?

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Main Ideas

23. What Confucian ideas influenced life in the Han dynasty?

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