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Name ____________________________
SECTION
3
The Qin and the Han Directions: Write the letter of the best answer on the line. Use the exhibit to
answer questions 1 and 2.
Primary Source
Great is the virtue of our Emperor
Who pacifies all four corners of the earth,
Who punishes traitors, roots out evil men,
And with profitable measures
brings prosperity. . . .
The common people know peace
And have laid aside weapons and armor;
Kinsmen care for each other,
There are no robbers or thieves;
Men delight in his rule,
All understanding the law and discipline.
Sima Qian, The First Emperor’s Monument, from The Records of the Grand Historian
___ 1. The quotation above is part of an inscription from a monument that Shi Huang Di had built. According to
the inscription, what do all Chinese people understand?
a. each other
b. law and discipline
c. prosperity
d. weapons and armor
___ 2. What
a. Buddhism
ancient Chinese philosophy does the inscription relate to?
b. Confucianism
c. Daoism
d. Legalism
___ 3. When
a. 221 B.C.
did Shi Huang Di begin to unify China?
b. 210 B.C.
c. 202 B.C.
d. A.D.
___ 4. Who started
a. Empress Lü
the Han Dynasty?
b. Liu Bang
___ 5. Which Chinese ruler expanded
a. Empress Lü
b. Liu Bang
c. Shi
d. Wudi
China’s territory almost to its present-day size?
c. Shi Huangdi
d. Wudi
___ 6. During the Qin Dynasty, peasants were:
a. allowed to collect taxes from landowners.
c. given control of their own villages.
b. forced to work on government projects.
d. rewarded for helping Shi Huangdi conquer
___ 7. It became easier to do business everywhere in
a. built the Great Wall of China.
c. forced China’s noble families to live in the capital.
___ 8. The civil war that broke out after Shi
a. Shi Huangdi’s son. b. Empress Lü.
___ 9. In their search for officials to
a. Confucianism.
b. diplomacy.
Huang Di
220
new lands.
China after Shi Huangdi:
b. doubled the size of China’s territory.
d. set government standards for weights and measures.
Huangdi’s death was ended by:
c. Liu Bang.
d. the Martial Emperor.
work in the Han bureaucracy, rulers looked for knowledge of:
c. Legalism.
d. military tactics.
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