Ancient China Religion

1. What is an ancestor?

• A family member who lived along time ago.

• Your brother.

• Your best friend.

2. How did the Ancient Chinese try to make their ancestors feel?

• Angry

• Happy

• Sad

3. How did they honor their ancestors?

• Saying kind words to them.

• Lighting candles.

• Giving them gifts.

• All of the above.

4. Where did people bury their family members?

• Next to their homes.

• In the mountains.

• Under their temples.

5. What did the Chinese believe that a "Holy man" could do?

• See the ancestors.

• Talk to the ancestors.

• Give ancestors special gifts.

6. The Ancient Chinese believed their ancestors continued to live as spirits.

• True

• False

7. The Chinese believed that ancestors could cause good and bad things to happen.

• True

• False

8. How did "Holy men" talk to the ancestors?

• By throwing bones into fire.

• By throwing feathers into the sky.

• By looking for clues under water.

9. What did the Chinese believe about the King?

• The King should be at least 40 years old.

• The King could had special powers.

• The King was picked by the ancestors.

10. The people wanted to make the King angry.

• True

• False