Ancient China Assessment

Which of the following is part of China's natural barrier?

• the Aral Sea

• the Chang Jiang River

• the Himalaya

• the Great Wall of China

China's civilization developed between which two rivers?

• Yin and Yang

• Chang Jiang and Yangtze

• Shang and Zhou

• Huang He and Chang Jiang

What is the dynastic cycle?

• the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties

• a time of constant war

• the respect children owe their parents and ancestors

• the process of merging with nature

Whose teachings were collected in a book called the Analects?

• Confucius

• Dao de Jing

• Han Feizi

• Laozi

Which of the following was meant to protect Shi Huangdi in death?

• the Great Wall of China

• Confucian scholars

• an army of terra cotta warriors

• canals and irrigation systems

Which dynasty used the teachings of Confucius as a guide?

• Shang

• Qui

• Han

• Zhou

What did the Chinese make from tree bark, plant fibers and old rags?

• silk

• paper

• the first compass

• terra cotta

The maritime routes of the Silk Road crossed which of the following?

• oceans

• deserts

• land

• the Great Wall of China

Which was China's chief trade good?

• iron objects

• silk

• paper

• lacquerware

What is the process by which ideas spread from one culture to another?

• barter

• caravans

• cultural diffusion

• the Silk Road