China Quiz

a noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns

• aristocrat

• pictograph

• ancestor

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

a character that stands for objects, such as the moon and the sun

• aristocrat

• pictograph

• ancestor

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

a character that represents an idea used in Chinese writing

• aristocrat

• pictograph

• ancestor

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government

• aristocrat

• pictograph

• ancestor

• ideograph

• bureaucracy

Between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C., Chinese thinkers developed three major

• ideas

• philosophies

• technologies

• law

Duty to one’s family and society is a central idea of

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

____________________ is a central idea of Daoism.

• Law and order

• smaller government

• respect for nature

According to the Mandate of Heaven, a king’s right to rule came from

• the people

• the army

• the council of nobles

• the gods

Who was the founder of Daoism whose name means “the Old Master”?

• Laozi

• Wu Wang

• Hanfeizi

• Wu Wudi

How did kings in ancient China receive messages to guide their actions?

• through cracks in oracle bones

• through scratches on slate

• through messages written in pictographs

• through dreams and vision