Ancient China Quiz

China is on which continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• Europe

The 4th largest desert in the world, this desert cuts China off from contact with the West.

• Gobi

• Mojave

• Sahara

• Taklimakan

These mountains cut China off from contact with India.

• Himalayan

• Andes

• Cascades

• Pyrenees

China was given this title because the Ancient Chinese believed their country to be the center of the world.

• Middle Kingdom

• Best Kingdom

• Center Empire

• Wondrous Land

This mythic hero was China's first emperor, killed a dragon, and invented irrigation that helped control the flooding of the Huang He River.

• Yu the Great

• Aang

• Lui Bang

• Wu the Wise

The Shang were masters at crafting this metal, which gave them an advantage over their stone aged competitors.

• Bronze

• Copper

• Tin

• Iron

These deceased people were worshipped in Ancient China and could invervine on your behalf.

• Ancestors

• Heroes

• Gods

• Neighbors

Chinese writing uses these pictures to represent words or ideas. Select two.

• Picto

• Ideograph

• Phonetics

• Hieroglyphics

Generals who controlled specific regions for the Shang Emperor.

• Warlord

• Bureaucrat

• Dao

• Zhou

The spread of ideas and technology from one culture to another.

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural appropriation

• Cultural capture

• Bacterial culture