Daily Life in Ancient China

The social classes of early China were: landowning aristocrats,  farmers, artisans,  and _________________.

• criminals

• merchants

• children

• soldiers

What is an aristocrat?

• A kind of cat with circular markings

• A person from a powerful family that owns land

• A type of boat used to transport cargo

• A region of China where wheat was grown

Most of the early Chinese people were ___________.

• farmers

• aristocrats

• soldiers

• from Ohio

__________________ are skilled workers who make useful objects.

• Decorators

• Magic Whoopee People

• Bredezans

• Artisans

Some merchants became wealthy, but they were not respected members of society. Why?

• This is not true. Merchants were respected above all others.

• They worked to make themselves rich, not to help others in any way

• Because they went around pinching people all the time

• Because they were all from India, not China

Farming in ancient China required many workers, so parents had many ________ to help them with the work.

• animals, like oxen

• assistants

• children

• tools

The term filial piety refers to _________________________.

• people's responsibility to respect and obey their parents

• people's responsibility to vote

• earthworms

• people's tendency to borrow things and forget to return them

Filial piety also requires people to ________________________.

• learn the filial piety dance

• cook meals for elderly neighbors

• go skydiving at least once during their lives

• take care of their parents as they grow older

Men in ancient China were respected because of the jobs they did, like _______________________.

• growing crops

• running the government

• fighting wars

• all of these

Most women took care of these responsibilities:

• raised children 

• managed the household and family finances

• supervised their children's education

• all of these