China Review Part 3

Which quote best describes the geography of China?

• "river of sorrows"
• "subcontinent"
• "gift of the Nile"
• "land between the rivers"

What religion/philosophy believes that the cause of all suffering is desire?

• Buddhism
• Daoism (Taoism)
• Confucianism
• Hinduism

Who did the people of China blame if there was an earthquake, drought, or plague?

• the merchants
• the farmers
• the nobles
• the emperor

What do the following represent?
-Ten Commandments
-Four Noble Truths
-Eightfold Path
-Five Relationships

• Types of irrigation techniques.
• Moral guidelines for people to follow.
• They grouped people into social classes.
• Reasons to settle down in a river valley.

Which of the following is NOT true about Emperor Shi Huangdi?

• He ruled by using legalism.
• He built canals, roads, and started the Great Wall of China.
• He invented the civil service exam for government jobs.
• He made all of China use the same type of currency (money).

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

• Lao-Tse
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Kung Fu-Tzu
• There is none. It developed over centuries.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Silk Road?

• It crossed through many different kinds of landscapes.
• It started in Africa and ended in India.
• It allowed goods and ideas to travel from one region to another.
• It connected China to the Mediterranean Sea.

Which was a Chinese religious belief?

• They worshiped in a ziggurat.
• They were reincarnated or reborn; this depended on your karma and dharma.
• They worshiped their ancestors.
• They prepared their entire life to have their heart judge after death.

Why did the city-states of ancient China frequently come into conflict with each other?

• They disagreed on what types of crops to grow.
• The wanted control over the limited farmland.
• They did not agree on which gods to worship.
• They wanted control of the Himalayan Mountains.

Which architectural feature would you find in ancient China?

• ziggurats
• pyramids
• stupas
• pagodas