China’s Terracotta Warriors

1.) The terracotta soldiers were made over____________ years ago in the year 221BCE.

2.) Why was the army constructed?

3.) Who commissioned the building of thearmy?

4.) How many soldiers were built?

5.) In 537 BCE, before the terracotta soldierswere built, what would happen when an emperor died? What did his tomb contain?

6.) How did the other people in the tombdie?

7.) Why was human sacrifice no longerappropriate when an emperor died?

8.) Are the clay soldiers individuals or allthe same?

9.) What type of clay was used to make thesoldiers and where was it found?

10.) Why were the terracotta soldiers signed bycraftsmen?

11.) What would happen to a craftsman if he could notsuccessfully complete soldiers?

12.) In order to make these large life-sized sculptureswhat technique was used?

13.) Archeologists have found __________ different nameson the warriors, meaning this is how many teams of craftsmen werepresent.

14.) In order to keep a constant temperature &humidity throughout the year for building the soldiers, where is itbelieved the soldiers were built?

15.) Soldiers emerge from the earth with tracesof__________, this erases within a week sometimes even minutesafter being unearthed.

16.) A syrup like substance with a pungent smell called______________ was used to coat every warrior from head to toe.

17.) Lacquer was the ancient worlds ________________.

18.) Was lacquer wear expensive in ancient times?

19.) Lacquer is harvested from a six-year-old ___________.

20.) When the soldiers were made were they earthy orbright colors?

21.) ________________ __________________is one of only two entirely man made colors created before the timeof Jesus. The other is ________________ _______________,created by chemists working for the pharaohs.

22.) What are your thoughts on this documentary?