Ancient China Quiz

Who became the first Emperor of China by uniting warring kingdoms?

• Wudi
• Shi Huangdi
• Confucius
• Han

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indus
• Yangtze
• Nile

The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?

• The Mandate of Heaven
• The Dynastic Cycle
• The Heavenly Commandments
• The Oracle Bones

What is the purpose of the structure pictured here?

• It is a temple
• To protect China's northern border
• To protect China's Southern border
• To protect China from India 

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

____ is fine, windblown yellow soil

• Loess
• Clan
• Oracle Bone
• Yangzi

What was the name of China's FIRST dynasty?

• Shang
• Zhou
• Hanfeizi
• Huang He

Chinese farmers built this with stone and sand; pilled rubble in order to keep out invaders

• rudder
• Great Wall
• Huang He
• ideograph

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

• iron 
• stone
• bones
• bronze

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• ideograph
• pictograph
• bureaucracy
• currency