Chapter 4.5 Guided Reading and Review

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Chapter 4.5 Guided Reading and Review

• Strong Rulers Unite China

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Main Idea A

• Shi Huangdi
• abolished the feudal states
• established 36 military districts
• standardized weights and measures and
• established one coin system

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Main Idea A

• 2. Shi Huangdi oversaw the building of the Great
  Wall

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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.

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Main Idea B

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

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Main Idea C

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

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Main Idea C

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

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Main Idea D

• 7. Civil service exams were established to choose
  qualified officials.

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Main Idea D

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

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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.

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B. Reviewing Key Terms

• 10. Monopoly The complete control of a business
  or product by one person or group.

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B. Reviewing Key Terms

• 11. Silk Road The trade route that connected
  China with the west.

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B. Reviewing Key Terms

• 12. Ban Zhao woman who wrote Lessons for
  Women, an influential handbook of behavior.