MERRY LAND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

UAE SOCIALSTUDIES
Engineering and civilizations in Ancient China
Name: Answer key Grade: 7
1. What does this bell show bout the development metalworking in ancient China?
• Zhou Dynasty bell illustrates the technical sophistication of metallurgy
in China in that period.

2. How do you think workers dug the Grand Canal in 1900?

 It took over six years of hard work by millions of laborers to build the
canal.
3. Why do you think that in later centuries, during the Ming Dynasty, the Grand
Canal was extended to Beijing?
 For means of transportation and communication across the Empire.

4. Why do you think the bridge at Hangzhou is arched so high above the canal?

 To allow the passage of ships and boats.

5. What does Terracotta army indicate about the Qin Emperor’s view of his power
as emperor?

 The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the

armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.

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 Humaneness and virtue

first Qin Emperor

Analects

Confucius

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Excerpt means: passage or selection

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