The Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor 1. Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from 2. Barbarian nomads. The famous Chinese 3. General Meng Tian initially directed the project and was said to have used a massive army of soldiers, 4. convicts and commoners as workers. The 5. Mongols under Genghis Khan didn't use the wall for protection. Instead, they assigned 6. soldiers to man the wall in order to protect 7. merchants and caravans traveling along the lucrative 8. Silk Road trade routes established during this period.
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The Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor 1.____ in the third century B.C. as means of preventing incursions from 2.____ nomads. The famous Chinese 3.____ Meng Tian initially directed the project, and was said to have used a massive army of soldiers, 4.____ and commoners as workers. The 5.____ under Ghengis Khan, didn't use the wall for protection. Instead they assigned 6.____ to man the wall in order to protect 7.____ and caravans traveling along the lucrative 8.____ trade routes established during this period.
a. convicts
b. soldiers
c. General
d. merchants
e. Silk Road
f. Qin Shi Huang
g. Barbarian
h. Mongols
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