Ancient China Review

Near which river did the first Chinese civilization begin?

• Yaung He

• Yulan

• Yellow

• Yang Tze

Who was Confucius?

• A priest who spread Buddhism throughout China

• A philosopher who created a value system for China

• A warrior who conquered the Seven Warring Kingdoms in China

• A wise scholar who healed the sick using herbal medicines

What was the Silk Road?

• A transport route used to take China’s silk worms to Rome

• A military road used by China’s huge army to travel throughout China

• A trade route used to transport China’s goods and products

• A secret route used by spies to steal China’s silk-making process

What was the original purpose for building the Great Wall of China?

• To keep out China’s enemies that often invaded them from the north

• To control the floods that would cause a tremendous about of damage

• To fight monsters who were eating people in China

• To be used as a huge burial plots for nobles and wealthy Chinese

Which of the following was NOT an invention of China?

• Wheelbarrow

• Acupuncture

• Compass

• Inoculations (vaccines/injections)

Which of the following was the first civilization in China?

• Han Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

Which of the following was the first person to unify China?

• Shi Huangdi

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Liu Bang

• Mao Tse Tung

Why did China originally have very little knowledge of the rest of the world?

• A railroad separated Ancient China from the rest of the world

• Geographic barriers, such as mountains and seas, separated China from other lands

• They couldn't read other people's writing.

• They never checked Facebook

Who was the Han Emperor who led Ancient China at its most powerful?

• Emperor Wudi

• Liu Bang

• Jotaro Kujo

• Liu Kang

What did the Chinese to to control flooding of the Huang River?

• They used loess to protect themselves

• They built dikes, or protective walls, along the Huang's banks.

• They built a a large mechanical dam

• They created the Great Wall