China Quiz 2

What Chinese school of thought teaches respect to elders and the law as the best way to maintain a peaceful society?

• Taoism
• Christianity
• Confucianism
• Buddhism

What major religion was founded in India and spread to China?

• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Taoism
• Buddhism

Whose missionaries and their writings spread Buddhism from India to China?

• Confucius
• Lao Tzu
• Shi Huangdi
• Asoka

What religion/philosophy teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Legalism

Respect for elders, good government and social order represent the basic beliefs of

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Shintoism

What's the name of this symbol?

• Moksha
• Yin-Yang
• Nirvana
• Eightfold Path 

Confucianism had a strong impact on the development of China mainly because this philosophy

• established a basic structure for military rule
• provided a basis for social order
• contained the framework for a communist gov't
• stressed the importance of the individual

Confucianism is a religion, whereas Taoism is a philosophy.

• true
• false

What geographical feature is sometimes called the cradle of Chinese civilization?

• Himalayan Moutains
• Pacific Ocean
• Yellow River
• Gob Desert

Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains, and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture?

• They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations
• They cause China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations
• They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently
• They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations