The Qin dynasty was after the _____ dynasty
Zhou
First ruler of Qin dynasty
Qin Shi Huangdi
Qin society basics
How the The Qin reduce powers of aristocrats
They divided their estates among peasants
Qin’ military was _____ (aggressive/passive)
Aggressive
Support canal dug from Chang Tiang to Guangzhou
The Emperor’s Army (terra-cotta)
- 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
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