The Great Wall of China and Tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi

Question 1

great wall of China

Answer 1

• links smaller walls built during the warring state period
• hope to keep out invaders
• today: newer, longer, and built further south

Question 2

Qin’s death

Answer 2

• dies in 210 B.C.
• elaborate tomb
• terracotta soldiers

Question 3

Qin’s tomb

Answer 3

• discovered by a farmer in 1974
• terracotta soldiers and horses
• used to have color
• 8,000 figures
• 3 inches thick
• life-sized

Question 4

like a pharaohs tomb

Answer 4

• supplies and soldiers
• rivers and oceans of mercury
• planetary map of pearls

Question 5

Qin’s son

Answer 5

• not an effective ruler
• overthrown by Liu Bang
• Liu reunifies China and starts Han dynasty