The Great Wall of China

a long wall running east and west along China's northern border

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

• censor

to set rules to make things more similar

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

• censor

an ancient Chinese philosophy stating that a strong leader and a strong legal system, not moral values, are needed to create social order

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

• censor

to keep objectionable (controversial) material from being revealed or available

• Great Wall

• standardize

• Legalism

• censor

unchanging; fixed

• uniform

• collapse

• terra cotta

• Emperor Qin

to break down or fall down

• uniform

• collapse

• terra cotta

• Emperor Qin

ceramic clay

• uniform

• collapse

• terra cotta

• Emperor Qin

China’s first ruler; also the name of his dynasty or administration

• uniform

• collapse

• terra cotta

• Emperor Qin

main ingredient in the Great Wall

• terra cotta army

• Xiongnu

• hang-t’u

• dirt

a process of making dirt walls. “Hang” means pounded, “t’u” means earth

• terra cotta army

• Xiongnu

• hang-t’u

• dirt