China Test Review

The first writing system in China was developed during which dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Qin
• Han

The civil service exam based its questions on the ideas of which Chinese philosopher?

• Lui Bang
• Mao Zedong
• Zheng He
• Confucius

Along which two river valleys did Chinese civilization begin?

• Yellow and Yangtze
• Ren and Li
• Xi and Mekong
• Zhou and Gobi

What Chinese product was so valuable that its production method was kept secret?

• Paper
• Silk
• Gunpowder
• Rice

Emperor Shi Huangdi created what to protect his tomb during the afterlife?

• Terra Cotta Warriors
• Great Wall of China
• The Grand Canal
• The Forbidden City

China’s “One-Child Policy” is meant to help control the problem of what?

• Malnutrition
• Pollution
• Overpopulation
• Desertification

A massacre took place in Tiananmen Square in what Chinese city on June 4, 1989?

• Shanghai
• Hong Kong
• Guangzhou
• Beijing

Who was China's first Communist leader?

• Mao Zedong
• Deng Xiaopeng
• Hu Jintao
• Chiang kai-Shek

Who completed the conquest of China and declared himself emperor of the Yuan Dynasty?

• Genghis Khan
• Kublai Khan
• Marco Polo
• Zheng He

Which of the following inventions did not come from China?

• Paper
• Gunpowder
• Compass
• Steel