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Who was the first chinese emperor?

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Qin Shi Huang

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Why was the silk road called the silk road?

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Because the first thing people started to trade was silk

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3
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where in China did people most commonly settle?

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In the south east near the Yangtze and Huang rivers.

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Why was the great wall of china built?

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Because there was no natural barriers in that area

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What are the four natural barriers of china?

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Gobi desert, pacific ocean, tibetan plateau, himalayans

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scholars

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Shi

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7
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Farmers

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Nong

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Artisans and crafts people

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Gong

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9
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Merchants

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Shang

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legacy

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Something significant that has been handed down by the past

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Why where the terracotta warriors mad?

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To fight fight and keep the emperor safe in the afterlife

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2 Qins greatest achievement

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Joined the greta wall of china together, was the first emperor

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What happened to the emperors cheif adviser

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His generals where cut of so he wouldn’t be a threat to the emperor.

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14
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What comes first BC or AD

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BC first then AD

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15
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Primary

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A source from the time of the event

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Secondary source

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A source written after the time of the event

17
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How did the Silk Road influence society?

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It influences the culture and technology of the countries

18
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When did Qin die

A

210 BC

19
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When was Qin Shi huang born

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259 BC

20
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When did Qin rise to power?

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221 BC

21
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How does BC/E count

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Time counts down from zero eg 210 is larger then 266

22
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Why was silk important?

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Because it showed social status, hard to make, not in many countries

23
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Why was life hard for Chinese women?

A

They where sometimes used as concubines and they where forced into marriage alliances.

24
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When was wu zap born

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624 BCE

25
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When was the terracotta army discovered

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1947

26
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Persia

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Pears, peaches, walnuts, indigo dies

27
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Central Asia

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Almonds, onions, horses, jade

28
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India

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Pepper, spinach, sandalwood, cotton,

29
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China

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Ginger, millet roses, mulberry, silk,

30
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What was bad about the silk road?

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It spread diseases, took a long time to travel, was a dangerous and you could be attacked

31
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Why would people travel the silk road

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Ti settle in other places

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