Chapter 8 The Qin and Han Dynasties in China

Title meaning "first emperor"

What would a Legalist support as punishment for a scholar who criticized the government?

A structure made from defensive walls in northern China.

The Han dynasty frequently dealt with raids by the ___on settled areas of northern China

Turbulent era beginning around AD 185 and lasting about 350 years

Buddhism was brutally repressed in China during the Later Han.

____ was a Han historian who wrote Records of the Grand Historian.

The ___ dynasty unified China in 221 BC

Han China's most prized manufactured product was ____.

Why did the Han develop a civil service system?

According to Confucian teachings, the well-being of the state was relied on strong family ties

Emperor who began the Han dynasty and appointed Confucian scholars to advise him.

Period during which the Qin states rose to power

During China's Han dynasty women and men were treated equally

Emperor considered the greatest of all Han rulers.

Candidates had to pass an exam to receive government positions.

During the Han dynasty peasants grew wealthy as a result of limits on landowners and merchants

Political philosophy of Qin rule

The Period of Disunion followed a stable and prosperous period under the later Han dynasty

The items traded on the Silk Road were small, valuable, and highly profitable luxury items

The Han dynasty reached its height under Emperor Liu Bang

Buddhism gained popularity because people found it message more hopeful than Confucianism

Buddhism became popular in China because

Nomads who lived in the grasslands north of China.

The Han dynasty raised taxes, causing some peasants to lose their land

In Han China, all children received a free public education