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The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China
Video Questions
1. At the time of his death, for how long had China’s first emperor reigned?
2. Who is the American scientist? Why is he in China?
3. Where does the information we have about the first emperor come from?
4. What was discovered in 1974 that gave support to the legend of the first emperor?
5. How many separate pits have been uncovered as part of the emperor’s burial complex?
6. How does the first emperor get his start? What is his name?
7. Who is Li Soo?
8. What is Ying Jien trying to accomplish?
9. Why are the 10,000 Zhou prisoners executed?
10. How many terra cotta army soldiers have been uncovered?
11. Who poses a threat to the king of Chin?
12. What does Ying Jien do to his mother and Liu Buai?
13. Who takes over for Liu Buai?
14. Who are the men come from Yen? What is their real mission?
15. What does Ying Jien come to fear, and how does he protect himself?
16. What does Ying Jien call himself after uniting China? What does he wear?
17. What system of governance does China adopt?
18. What barrier does the emperor have constructed for defense? How big is it?
19. What does the records state is in the emperor’s tomb?
20. What is Shi Huangdi now concerned with? What does Zufu prescribe for him?
21. What is the mercury doing to the emperor?
22. Hey, anybody want to go shoot giant fish with a crossbow?
23. What happens on the way back to the imperial city?
24. What is happening as the emperor is being laid to rest?
25. What is sealed in the tomb with the emperor?
26. What do the core samples taken from the tomb mound reveal?