Social Studies Weekly #14 Ancient China

Which was not an invention from ancient China?

• block printing

• mirror

• eyeglasses

• silk cloth

Who carried the trade good on the Silk Road between China and the western countries of India, Arabia, North Africa, and Europe?

• Chinese merchants

• the Emperor of China

• nomads like monks and missionaries

• sailors

What caused China to stay isolated for so many years?

• natural barriers of mountains, deserts, and oceans

• wars among neighboring countires

• lack of good transportation

• illness and disease

Making books became much easier with the Chinese inventions of block printing and making paper from

• silk

• clay tablets

• bamboo pulp

• tree pulp

Zheng He was the most famous ancient Chinese __.

• philospher

• explorer

• inventor

• emperor

What was the name of the mummy found in China who was 6 foot 6 inches tall, red hair, wearing red-purple suit, red, yellow, blue stockings, and had 10 hats?

• Henry Ford

• Zheng He

• Takla Makan

• Yangtze

How many ships traveled with the Zheng He's Chinese exploring fleet?

• three

• 12

• 62

• over 100

What did the Chinese build to connect the Yangtze and the Huang He rivers that is still important today?

• a canal

• a dam

• a bridge

• a wall

How long is the Great Wall of China which was begun by Emperor Qin Shi Huang?

• about 25 miles

• about 500 miles

• almost 1,000 miles

• over 4,000 miles

The Forbidden City in Beijing was home to how many emperors from the Ming and Qing Chinese dynasties?

• only 1

• five

• over 60

• 24