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August 17, 2015

The incredible history of China's terracotta warriors

In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history – vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor’s tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size clay soldiers ready for battle.
Source: TED Ed            



LISTENING COMPREHENSION:
  1. What insights can the Terracotta Warriors provide us about Chinese history?
  2. Why would some emperors wish to have “company” in the afterlife? What might that reveal about their beliefs about life and the world?
  3. What might the emperor have been considering in burying more than just soldiers in the tombs?
  4. The Terracotta Warriors were discovered in __________ by ____________ who were digging a ________.
  5. Terracotta, or also known as “_______” is a type of ______ clay.
  6. _____________ commissioned the building of the Terracotta Warriors.
  7.  The reason he had the Terracotta Warriors built was because he was obsessed with his _________