Ancient China

Also known as the Yellow River, it stretches for nearly 3,000 miles across northern China. The river often floods, and the floods leave behind layers of silt on the surrounding countryside. Because these floods can be very destructive, the river is sometimes called China’s Sorrow.

• Chang Jiang

• Huang He

• Wong River

• Cuòwù de River

During the Zhou period he became the most influential teacher in Chinese history. He thought that China was overrun with rude and dishonest people. Upset by the disorder and people’s lack of decency, he said that the Chinese needed to return to ethics. He was called?

• Master Wong

• Laozi

• Siddartha Guatama

• Confucius

Moral values promoted by Confucius and which he said Chinese people needed to return to were called?

A philosophy that developed in China and stressed the belief that one should live in harmony, believed that people should avoid interfering with nature or each other. They should be like water and simply let things flow in a natural way. It is called?

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Daosim

• Hinduism

The Chinese belief that people were bad by nature, needed harsh punishments and must be controlled is called?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

He had the title which means “first emperor.” He followed Legalist political beliefs. He created a strong government with strict laws and harsh punishments. He created Standard laws, writing system, money, and weights throughout China and built the Great Wall across northern China. He was called?

• Chan Jiang

• Huang He

• Yakamoto

• Shi Huangdi

Shi Huangdi wanted to protect the country from invasion. Nomads from the north were fierce warriors, and they were a real threat to China. Hoping to stop them from invading, the emperor built something. It eventually became 21 feet high, 21 feet wide and over 5,500 miles long. Building this required years of labor from hundreds of thousands of workers. Many of them died building it. It is known as the__________________of China?

• Great Fortress

• Great Gate

• Great Wall

• Great structure

Which river is known as the Chang Jiang in China?

• The Yellow River

• The Yangzi River

Confucius thought there was a force in the world called​ (a)   . It was made of two forces, the ​ (b)   and the (c)   .

• Taiji
• Yin
• Yang
• Kung Fu
• Daoism
• Chin
• Chang

Which of these is an example of an idea spread by the Silk Road?

• silkworms

• glassware

• Buddhism

• spices