China Quiz 2

What is the system of government where officials are chosen from noble families?

• confucianism

• aristocracy

• meritocracy

• democracy

What is the system of government where officials are selected based on their ability to perform the job and have to pass exams.

• confucianism

• aristocracy

• meritocracy

• democracy

What is the longest river in China?

• the Wu River

• the Yellow River

• the Ganges River

• the Yangtze River

What do you call a woman who is the secondary wife of a married Chinese man?

• concubine

• girlfriend

• empress

• shaman

What do you call a sequence of rulers from the same family or group?

• tribe

• bureaucracy

• dynasty

• meritocracy

What is an educated member of China's government who passed a series of written exams?

• professor

• scholar-official

• student

• deputy-official

What is an old Chinese custom of wrapping a girl's feet so that they would not grow?

• foot amputation

• foot gangrene

• foot measuring

• foot binding

Which belief system taught that the family was the most important social unit?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Which belief system taught that humans should see themselves as part of nature?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Which belief system taught that life is painful because of greed and desire?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• Islam