Significant Achievements of Ancient Chinese Culture

A valuable cloth made only in China, called ____, was highly prized in Europe.

• silk

• currency

• extended family

• philosophy

Chinese scholar who wrote Historical Records

• Qin

• Silk Road

• Sima Qian

• Han Wudi

The Silk Road was important because

• it was the route followed by Confucius

• it enabled silk made in the West to be brought to China

• it was a military route followed by Chinese armies

• it was a trade route that connected China with the West.

Which of the following were all artistic achievements of the Chinese?

• silk weaving, poetry, jade carving

• jade carving, paper making, wheelbarrow

• acupuncture, rudder, bronze working

• architecture, acupuncture, poetry

The Silk Road was used to bring silk into China.

• T

• F

The Europeans and Asians traded glass, ivory, and wool with China using the Silk Road.

• T

• F

The Silk Road is about 40 miles long.

• T

• F

The missionaries of India brought Confucianism to China.

• T

• F

During the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian wrote the history of China entitled, Historical Records.

• T

• F

The following were inventions during the Han dynasty except ______.

• writing

• acupuncture

• Chinese dictionary

• tree-bark paper