Ancient China Test

Han rulers based their policies on the teachings of

• Confucius
• Laozi
• Liu Bang
• Shi Huangdi

The Physical geography around China affected Chinese civilization by

• making it easy for Nubians to invade China.
• creating barriers to the outside world.
• making it easy for Babylonians to invade China.
• making trade with Egypt easy.

Why was the Huang He River nicknamed “China’s Sorrow?”

• The Chinese believed its waters were actually the tears of a god.
• The emperor drowned in it.
• It often flooded and destroyed crops.
• It often dried up.

Which of the following was first achieved by the Chinese?

• A ironworking
• The horse-drawn chariot
• A writing system based on the alphabet
• Silk making

The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used

• A complex alphabet
• Hundreds of letters
• Thousands of characters
• Numbers instead of letters

The Mandate of Heaven is the idea behind which of the following?

• The feudal system
• Ancestor worship
• Confucianism
• The dynastic cycle

The trade route that linked China with the west became known as the

• Great Wall
• Civil Service System
• Silk Road
• Military districts

Confucius taught the Chinese people that their most important duty was

• Loyalty to the state
• Care of the poor
• Achieving freedom
• Respect for the family

China became the most technologically advanced civilization in the world under the rule of the

• Gupta dynasty
• Zhou dynasty
• Qin dynasty
• Han dynasty

In contrast to the southern half of China, the northern part is

• Cool and wet
• Rainy and warm
• Without rivers
• Cool and dry