Ancient China

Ancient China

by Lauren Todd

​LO: Students will be able to...

​understand the development of early river valley civilizations such as China.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT located in China?

• North China Plain

• Tokyo

• Huang He River

• Beijing

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What might be considered the main principle of Confucianism?

Multiple Choice

What belief separates Confucianism and Daoism?

• People should try to get as much education as possible.

• People should take the civil service exam.

• People should begin to fight each other. 

• People should live in harmony with nature. 

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What was the name of the trade route that the Chinese took to trade with places in Asia and Europe?

Multiple Choice

Why has the Huang He River been called "China's Sorrow"?

• The river is light blue, the same color as human tears. 

• The river picks up and caries large amounts of silt. 

• The river's flooding has destroys crops and left people homeless.

• The river runs through both the desert and the loess valley.

Poll

Would you visit the Great Wall of China? 

• No way

• Yes!

• Maybe

• I'm not sure

Multiple Choice

How did Confucianism and Daoism influence Chinese history and culture?

• People became greedy and cruel towards others.

• People of nobility (aristocrats) became educated scholars.

• Values such as harmony, order, and ways of making the world better, began to spread.

• More people were allowed to go to school.

Open Ended

List 4 inventions from Ancient China.

Multiple Choice

What was an important invention or product of the Shang dynasty?

• oracle bones 

• silk

• bronze

• all of the above

Open Ended

Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China?

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The Silk Road covered parts MAINLY across what two continents?

Open Ended

Describe what traveling along the Silk Road might be like.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the shortest ruling dynasty?

• Zhou

• Han

• Qin

• Shang

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was considered to be the first dynasty? (Hint: there are no artifacts)

• Han

• Shang 

• Qin

• Xia

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True or false: The symbol know as yin and yang is important to Christianity.

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty invented porcelain?

• Han

• Xia

• Shang

• Zhou

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True or false: The Mandate of Heaven stated that the king told the gods who would rule.

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty created the first cities?

• Han

• Xia

• Shang

• Qin

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty lasted the longest?

• Zhou

• Han

• Shang

• Qin

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty began the requirement of taking the civil service exam?

• Han

• Shang

• Xia

• Qin

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty is responsible for the main construction of the Great Wall of China?

• Qin

• Han

• Shang

• Xia

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True or false: Daoism and Confucianism are considered philosopies, not religions.

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty created the Terra Cotta Warriors?

• Han

• Shang

• Qin

• Zhou

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True or false: China's early forms of government were called kingdoms.

Multiple Choice

Which dynasty used bronze to make weapons and pottery?

• Han

• Shang

• Xi

• Zhou

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True or false: A civil service exam was given to see if people were qualified for their government job.

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True or false: Government support of trade resulted in the building of roads and waterways to exchange goods, language, and culture.

Open Ended

Who were the Terra Cotta Warriors? Where and when were they discovered? What was their purpose?