China Test Review

What is a dynasty?

• a succession of rulers from the same family
• A reality TV show
• Monarchy
• a family business

Which Chinese philosophy believes people are naturally evil and need to be ruled by strict laws and punishments.

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Legalism

largest public works project put in place by Shi Huangdi

• Great Pyramid
• Shaolin Temple
• Taj Mahal 
• Great Wall

Which of these did Qin Shi Huangdi NOT accomplish?

• common currency

• single written language

• development of gunpowder

• Great Wall of China

Some of ancient China's oldest writing from the Shang dynasty have been found on animal bones and shells. Diviners would help the king speak to the gods by touching hot metal sticks to the bones and shells and the king would read the cracks to find the answer. These bones and shells are called

• terraces

• great walls

• oracle bones

During the Zhou dynasty, lived a teacher who opposed violence and used short sayings that were easy to remember to teach kindness, respect, and good behavior. This teacher was

• Confucius

• Shi Huangdi

• Buddha

The Warring States period ended when the Qin took over all of the northern states, creating China's first empire. King Qin Shi Huangdi ruled the empire with a form of government that gave all the power to one leader (himself). This form of government is known as

• feudalism

• isolationism

• legalism

During the Qin dynasty, Shi Huangdi was able to unify China by

• making things such as oracle bones, feudalism and taxes the same for people across the empire.

• making things such as currency, weight units, measurements, and writing the same for people across the empire.

• making things such as filial piety, confucianism, and democracy the same for people across the empire.

During the Han dynasty, one of the most traveled trade routes that covered 4,000 miles through Asia all the way to the Mediterranean Sea was known as the

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade Route

• Silk Road

During the Xia dynasty, they used ____to create the earliest paper. Their writing were symbols much like hieroglyphics in Egypt.

• sundial

• silk

• papyrus