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Chapter 8
The Unification of China
Question | Answer |
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The great historian of China, Sima Qian, suffered from castration because? | His view contradicted the emperor's judgment. |
Confucius left an enduring mark on Chinese society as? | As an educator and political advisor. |
Confucius never composed formal writings, but his disciples collected his remarks into a work called the....? | Analects. |
Mencius, the principal spokesman for the Confucian school, advocated that..? | Government should be organized through benevolence and humane action. |
Dao means? | The force of the cosmos, an eternal and unchanging principle that governs all the workings of the world. |
An individual who practiced the Daoist virtue of wuwei would...? | Goes with the flow of the cosmos and live in harmony with nature. |
To make a strong and powerful state, Legalist ministers would...? | They would encourage agricultural cultivation and military service. |
Who was the first emperor? | Qin Shihuangdi |
The First Emperor Qin Shihuangdi ordered...? | Ordered the burning of most books. |
The great Qin empire only lasted a few years. It was ended by...? | By waves of revolts. |
Liu Bang did what...? | He constructed the most highly decentralized state in China's history up to that point. |
Han Wudi, the greatest and most energetic emperor of the Han dynasty, was remembered by later generations? | As the "Martial Emperor." |
Han Wudi decided to go on the offensive against the Xiongnu primarily because...? | He wanted to pacify them and create a central Asian corridor to trade. |
After 100 C.E. most Chinese writing was on...? | On paper |
After Wang Mang usurped the throne of the Han, he attempted to...? | Restore the land that had been taken from the royal family. |
An event leading to the collapse of the Han dynasty was...? | The Yellow Turban uprising |