China vocab quiz

Ancient China is located on the continent of Asia.  If I wanted to know the important history of China, I would read the history book written by_________.  Some of the information I would find in the book is about people.

• Sima Qian

• China

• Confucius

In an __________, there are closely related people of several generations living under one roof.  Some of these people would be great-great grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, brothers, and sisters.

• traditional family

• extended family

• ancestry

The Huang is also called Yellow River because of the _____, or yellow brown soil, that its water carry along.

• loess

• dike

• silk

China has floods and the Chinese people had to build _____ to hold back and control the water.

• pyramids

• roads

• dikes

The Ancient trade route between China and Europe is called ______.

• The Silk Road

• The Silk Plain

• The China Plain

Confucius was a Chinese _____ whose beliefs had a great influence on Chinese life.

• teacher and student

• philosopher and astronomer

• teacher and astronomer

• philosopher and teacher

Confucius' teachings continued even after he died.  A group of people had a job that they had to carry out work for the government.  This was called, ______.

• silk road

• civil service

• extended family