Ancient China Test Review

What natural barriers isolated China from the rest of the world?

• Rivers and mountains

• Mountains and oceans

• Oceans and deserts

• Deserts, mountains, and oceans

What two rivers did China's civilization develop between?

• Ganges and Indus

• Chang Jiang and Yangtze

• Shang and Zhou

• Huang He and Chang Jiang

Who developed a system of Chinese writing using about 3000 characters?

• Shi Huangdi

• Confucius

• The Shang Dynasty

• The Zhou Dynasty

What cultural practice did the Zhou adopt from the Shang

• Creating Beautiful bronze vessels

• Ancestor worship and the use of oracle bones

• making silk and trading on the Silk Road

• sculpting terra cotta warriors

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect the dynastic cycle?

• When a dynasty weakened, people believed the Gods no longer approved of the dynasty

• It created a time of constant war called the Warring States

• It led to the belief that kings needed the respect of the people to rule

• It led to China's first dynasty.

Which one of these is not a relationship focused on in Confucianism?

• father and son

• mother and daughter

• husband and wife

• friend and friend

Which philosophy promoted "What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others."

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Lagalism

• Daoism

What does the Yin-and-Yang symbol represent?

• The middle way

• The balance of opposite forces like light and dark

• The respect children owe their parents and ancestors

• Strict rules and harsh punishments

Which philosophy emphasized living in harmony in nature?

• Legalism

• confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

What does Legalism emphasize?

• the Middle Way

• Responsibility to others

• Harmony with nature

• Strictly enforced laws