6.2 Flashcards
The Qin dynasty was after the _____ dynasty
Zhou
First ruler of Qin dynasty
Qin Shi Huangdi
Qin society basics
- single monetary system
- system of roads spanning across the entire empire
- the capital city was Xianyang
How the The Qin reduce powers of aristocrats
They divided their estates among peasants
- eliminated farming issues between peasants and aristocrats
- tax increased as a result
Qin’ military was _____ (aggressive/passive)
Aggressive
Support canal dug from Chang Tiang to Guangzhou
The Emperor’s Army (terra-cotta)
- 6,000+ terra cotta soldiers (hardened clay)
- to prepare the emperor for his afterlife
The Great Wall
-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)
Qin philosophy
Leagalism
Parts of the Qin central bureaucracy
- civildivision
- military division
- censorate
Censorate Qin dynasty
Made sure govern,net officials did their jobs; oversight to government officials
Province and county leaders in the Qin dynasty were appointed by the ______
Emperor
Bad leaders were executed by the censorate (legalism)
Downfalls of the Qin dynasty
-legalism and harshness angered common folk and Confucian intellectuals -ruthless killings -forced labor camps (wall) -censorship of free speech and free will