Question
In 215 BCE, a Qin general named Meng Tian (mung TEEAN) raised a large
army against the Xiongnu, a group of pastoralists in the Ordos region to the
northwest of the Qin Empire. After Meng Tian's troops defeated the Xiongnu,
the Xiongnu retreated north into the Gobi Desert.
Meng Tian then forced at least 300,000 Qin men to come to the Ordos region
and work on projects, such as the ones listed below:
• building roads from Qin territory to Ordos
building walled towns and forts
• connecting pleces of defensive walls
• digging wells
Complete the sentence.
The main goal of Meng Tian's projects was most likely to
develop farms that would produce crops for the Qin state
bring water from Ordos to the Qin capital
make Ordos easier for Qin soldiers to control
dig for gold that would make the Qin state wealthy
Answer
make Ordos easier for Qin soldiers to control.