10. Under Qin Shihuang’s orders, scholars who refused to burn their books were what? A. Beheaded B. Fined
C. Imprisoned D. Buried alive
ANALYSE AND APPLY 11. What or who were the Yellow Turbans and Red Eyebrows? 12. The Silk Road was the land route for trade between China and which places? 13. Imagine that you have been hired by the Chinese tourism authorities who erected the stone marker in SOURCE1 .
SOURCE1 The stone marking the modern entrance to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, about 70 kilometres north of Beijing
Your job is to create a guide for Australian and other English-speaking tourists visiting this site. Use what you have learned in this topic and ýnd more information online, including the UNESCO World Heritage List. Your guide should include: a. the history of this section of the wall from the time when the various walls were joined under Qin Shihuang up to the time when this section was rebuilt during the early Ming dynasty b. an explanation of what was involved in building the wall c. information about what the wall would have meant to Chinese people in Qin times and later.
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