Ancient China

What were the deserts that helped to isolate the Chinese?

• Taklamakan, Sahara

  
  

• Gobi, Sahara

  
  

• Taklamakan, Gobi

  
  

• Himalayan, Red Lands

What famous mountain range borders China to the southwest, isolating China from India?

• Himalaya

• Hindu Kush

  
  

• The Great Smokies

  
  

• Kunlan Shan

What Chinese invention helped detect earthquakes?

• acupunture

• rudder

• seismograph

• paper

Acupuncture is an example of Chinese

• cooking

• theatre

• medicine

• art

What could be added to the list of things associated with Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi:

• -burning books

• -Terra Cotta Soldiers

• -established the same writing, money, and weights and measurements

• the Silk Road was established

  
  

• The Great Wall of China

  
  

• built the Forbidden City

  
  

• Confucianism grew

Which of the following items were exported from China along the Silk Road?

• papyrus and salt

  
  

• milk and rice

  
  

• silk, tea and porcelain

  
  

• all of these

The purpose of the Great Wall was

• to protect from annual flooding

  
  

• to protect from desert winds

  
  

• to protect from nomadic invaders

  
  

• to keep people from leaving China

Kings (or emperors) defended their right to rule by claiming to be appointed by the gods. What was this called?

• Mandate of Heaven

  
  

• Destiny of Gods

  
  

• Work of Heavens

  
  

• Mandate of Gods

What was the Warring States Period?

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  20 years of two dynasties fighting for control

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  a time where nomadic invaders tried to invade China and take over

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  250 years of different Chinese states battling for control

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  the war that started the building of the Great Wall to protect China from outsiders

What are the famous families who ruled Ancient China called?

• Dynasties

• Royalty

• Tsars

• Shoguns