Chapter 4.5 Guided Reading and Review Strong Rulers Unite China

Main Idea A Shi Huangdi: abolished the feudal states; established 36 military districts; standardized weights and measures; and established one coin system

Main Idea A 2. Shi Huangdi oversaw the building of the Great Wall

Main Idea B Emperor Wudi strengthened the government and the economy by: Choosing Confucian officials; Improving roads; Reorganizing finances; and establishing government monopolies on iron and salt.

Main Idea B 4. Under Emperor Wudi, China expanded and nomads were driven beyond the Great Wall.

Main Idea C 5. New Products such as grapes, figs, and walnuts came into China over the Silk road.

Main Idea C 6. The Silk Road linked China to India, Central Asia, The Fertile Crescent, and Rome.

Main Idea D 7. Civil service exams were established to choose qualified officials.

Main Idea D 8. During the Han dynasty, advances were made in technologies such as papermaking, suspension bridges, ship building and medicine.

B. Reviewing Key Terms 9. Great Wall: Under Shi Huandgi, walls built by individual feudal lords were joined into one Great Wall, which stretched for thousands of miles.

B. Reviewing Key Terms 10. Monopoly: The complete control of a business or product by one person or group.

B. Reviewing Key Terms 11. Silk Road: The trade route that connected China with the west.

B. Reviewing Key Terms 12. Ban Zhao: woman who wrote “Lessons for Women”, an influential handbook of behavior.