China Quiz

Great Wall began during which dynasty?

• Shang
• Qin
• Han

Which dynasty developed a system of writing?

• XIA
• SHANG
• ZHOU
• HAN

What is a dynasty?

• a succession of rulers from the same family
• A reality TV show
• Monarchy
• a family business

A set of beliefs about the world and how to live

• Lacquer
• Ancestor Worship
• Philosophy
• Censor

Long wall running east and west to defend the empire from nomads

• Warring States
• The Great Wall
• Loess
• Silk Road

What was the Dynastic Cycle?

• Process by which scholars were chosen for civil service.
• The process where a Dynasty rises, becomes corrupt, and this is a reason for a new dynasty to rise up and overthrow the previous Dynasty.  
• The process of God choosing the ruler.
• The process of children gaining education.

The Shang and Zhou kings used the Mandate of ______ to prove that Heaven had chosen them to rule.

• Gods
• Heaven
• Kings
• Men

Which Chinese River is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because of its disastrous floods?

• Tigris
• Yellow 
• Yangtze
• Ganges

Correct order of Chinese Dynasties?

• Xia, Shang, Qin, Zhou, Han
• Han, Qin, Shang, Zhou, Xia
• Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
• Han, Qin, Shang, Xia, Zhou

Longest Chinese Dynasty=

• Xia
• Zhou
• Qin 
• Han