The Great Chinese Empire : Documentary on the Empire of Ancient China

Question 1

Chinese

Answer 1

• spread over an area 1/3 larger than the US but had great turmoil
• the Warring State
• 3 century BC one kingdom emerged as most powerful, Qin
• access to silk road

Question 2

Qin

Answer 2

• military advances, horses and strategy of waging war
• wanted to take over all of China, but had trouble with food for his army
• Li Bing (under his guidance, created a new waterway)
• heat the rocks through controlled fire and then to water, getting rid of part of the mountain
• 238 BC, war against Qu that lasted for 15 years (China was unified)
• Shi Huangdi, the first emperor (3 years after his death, the empire fell apart)
• The Great Wall of China built
• by 210 BC the wall stretched 3,000 miles

Question 3

terracotta warriors

Answer 3

• collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
• form of funerary art buried with the emperor (Shi Huangdi) in 210-209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife

Question 4

Liu Bing

Answer 4

• he launched Han dynasty which would last for 4 centuries

- extended the Great Wall to the west even more and added garrisons

Question 5

Sui

Answer 5

• Yang Di
• channeled energy within and strengthened empire from the inside
• Yangtze and the Yellow Rive (1,000 miles apart)
• connected north and south
• Yang Di killed by his own generals

Question 6

Ming

Answer 6

• admiral Zheng He
• extend the maritime and commercial influence of China throughout the regions bordering the Indian Ocean
• commanded seven naval expeditions almost a century before the Portuguese reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.