6.2 Flashcards

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The Qin dynasty was after the _____ dynasty

A

Zhou

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First ruler of Qin dynasty

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Qin Shi Huangdi

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Qin society basics

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  • single monetary system
  • system of roads spanning across the entire empire
  • the capital city was Xianyang
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How the The Qin reduce powers of aristocrats

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They divided their estates among peasants

  • eliminated farming issues between peasants and aristocrats
  • tax increased as a result
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5
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Qin’ military was _____ (aggressive/passive)

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Aggressive

Support canal dug from Chang Tiang to Guangzhou

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6
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The Emperor’s Army (terra-cotta)

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  • 6,000+ terra cotta soldiers (hardened clay)

- to prepare the emperor for his afterlife

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7
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The Great Wall

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-military concern to the north (Xiongnu)
-horseback fighters
-tribal
-individual protecting walls were combined under the Qin dynasty to
help protect against invasions (The Wall of Ten Thousand Li)

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Qin philosophy

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Leagalism

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Parts of the Qin central bureaucracy

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  • civildivision
  • military division
  • censorate
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Censorate Qin dynasty

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Made sure govern,net officials did their jobs; oversight to government officials

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Province and county leaders in the Qin dynasty were appointed by the ______

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Emperor

Bad leaders were executed by the censorate (legalism)

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Downfalls of the Qin dynasty

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-legalism and harshness angered common folk and Confucian 
  intellectuals
-ruthless killings
-forced labor camps (wall)
-censorship of free speech and free will
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