The Golden Age of the Han (206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) You will need your 5-G note sheet ** Please add dates to the title of the note sheet**

The Silk Road (7:05)

1. The Han power would usher in an age of trade, ideas, and economic prosperity P.I.R.A.T.E.S.: ________________ ________________ INTELLECTUAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL POWER TRADE ECONOMIC prosperity or isolation. ideas

2. What two policies helped Han China become powerful? A.Expansionism and trade B.Isolation and self-sufficiency p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:Political tradeExpansionism economic

3. What helped Han emperors win their Battles? p.i.r.a.t.e.s. (should be two lines): political Emperors Battles A. Warriors on camels b. gunpowder c. Warriors on horses d. arrows intellectual

4. THE HAN EMPERORS INCREASED THEIR EMPIRE p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:political OR DECREASED Emperors increased empire

5. THE HAN CULTURE WAS SPREAD ACROSS MACHURIA, KOREA, NORTH VIETNAM, TIBET, AND CENTRAL ASIA. p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:social OR was not culture

6. trade WAS THE BIGGEST & MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE HAN. p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:economic War or trade income

7. The qin’s great wall was expanded by the han emperors to protect settlers & traders from the nomadic ____________ a.bedouins b.huns c.mongols d.romans p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:political emperorsprotect economic traders technological great wall

8. The Han’s great wall extended 6,700 miles, the same distance as it is from which two cities? a.London and Rome b.nyc and la c.nyc and Tokyo d.Tokyo and Athens p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: technological great wall

9. The Han Dynasty’s Great Wall protected and isolated the Chinese empire and its people. Or Did not isolate p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:political protected great wall technological

10. Which 4,000 mile trade route ran parallel to the great wall? A.The silk Road B.the northwest passage C.the trans-Atlantic route D.the tran-siberian railroad p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: Economic trade route technological great wall

11. The trade route linked china to the ___________. a.north b.south c.east d.west p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:Economic Trade route

12. What did the guards use to signal danger to the travelers? A.fire B.arrows C.messengers p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:intellectual signal

13. China had a monopoly on its __________. a.jade b.silk c.porcelain d.food p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:economic monopoly

14. True ? Silk is lightweight, beautiful, and retains warmth. OR False

15. Chinese merchants kept the price of silk artificially high to maintain its silk monopoly Low or p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: economic merchants monopoly social price

16. Chinese emperors made it a crime to divulge (share) information on the production of silk. Law or p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: political emperors crime economic silk

17. Exporting silk worm eggs would get you executed. exiled or p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:political executed silk economic

18. Trade along the Silk Road brought china new products from the _________ such as grapes, figs, cucumbers, walnuts, as well as furs from central Asia, muslin from India, & glass from Rome. A.North B.south c.east d.west p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: Economic trade

19. traders, travelers, and missionaries brought new ideas into china including a.Hinduism b.Islam c.Buddhism d.Christianity p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: religious missionaries social traders economic traders brought new ideas buddhism

20. Buddhism offered the Chinese escape from suffering for all the following reasons except A. good work B. prayer C. caste system D. devotion p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: religious buddhism

21. in china, Buddhism offered hope of eternal happiness. life or p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: Religious Buddhism

22. True in china, Buddha is seen as a compassionate God. Or false? p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:Religious Buddha God

23. A(n) oasis was the last refuge before travelers entered the Takla Makan desert. river or

24. the Takla Makan desert is more dangerous than any other desert. less or

25. To insure their safe journey Travelers paid local artists to paint _________ in the rocks. A. forts B. Buddhist shrines C. images of ra D. images of Hindu gods p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:Religiousartistic Buddhist shrines artists paint

26. True The travelers have their pictures painted in the shrines as a reminder to the gods of the help they would need in the next few weeks. Or false? p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:Religious gods shrines artistic Pictures painted

27. As a result of the great wall and the silk road china’s economy prospered & it expanded its empire north and west of the great wall. Or declined p.i.r.a.t.e.s.: political Withdrew or economic prospered expanded silk road technological great wall great wall economy empire

28. Traders, travelers, merchants, & missionaries spread goods & ideas from and into china. This is an example of A.Isolationism B.expansionism C.cultural diffusion D.greed p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:social Cultural diffusion Spread goods & ideas economic missionaries merchants Traders religious Traders

29. True The effects of the Silk Road still impact china today. Or false? p.i.r.a.t.e.s.:economic Silk road

I. Geography

II. political A.The most famous han emperor was wudi.

II. political A.The most famous han emperor was wudi. 1.Wudi used the civil service system a)It was based on what you knew (merit) not who you knew. b)Only those who passed the civil service test were given the job.

III. technological A.Added canals and roads

IV. Economics A.New canals and roads helped movement of goods B.Storage areas for grain set up throughout empire and when it became scarce the government would sell it

IV. Economics C. Wudi created a monopoly on iron and salt which gave the government an income besides taxes

IV. Economics D.The Silk Road

v. Artistic A.Jade 03/31/jade_articles_in_the_western_han_dynasty2178cde58ba2bf22e3ad.jpg

v. Artistic B.earthenware

Causes of the decline of the Han empire warlords control unable

Causes of the decline of the Han empire increased commerce neglect oppressed peasants revolt

Causes of the decline of the Han empire invaders

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