Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 9, Lesson 3, A Unified China (pp. 276-280)
I. The Qin Dynasty
B. The emperor, Qin Shuhuangdi, worked to maintain power over the many
warring states by dividing the empire into provinces with governors who
reported to him.
II. The Legacy of Qin
B.Qin determined a set standard measurements, set one form of money, and
decreed standard written characters.
C. Qin censored books and ideas that he believed challenged his power.
D. Qin oversaw the building of the Great Wall, which stretches for over
1,500 miles.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The king of the state of Qin conquered all other feudal kings and became
the first emperor of China.
A. Qin ended the Chinese feudal system, and set up a system of government
by bureaucracy.
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