3/13 China Quiz - World History

What are the 2 major rivers of China?

• Yellow River and Yangtze River

• Rhine River and Po River

• Tigris River and Euphrates River

• Upper Nile and Lower Nile Rivers

The Yellow River gets its name from loess (the yellow topsoil left behind after flooding.

• False

• True

The Han dynasty established the ____________ ____________ which brought the religion of ________________ through trade to China.

• Oregon Trail, polytheism

• Roman Roads, Christianity

• Silk Road, Buddhism

• Freeway System, Rage

Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Mandate of Heaven

Why did Qin Shi huangdi build the Great Wall of China?

• For shelter
• For protection from invaders from the north
• For decoration
• For fun

What is the central idea of Daoism

• Duty to community
• Living in harmony with nature
• Enforcing laws with harsh punishments
• Humans are naturally evil

Line of rulers from the same family is a 

• cultural diffusion
• dyansty

China is on which continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• Europe

During the Qin Dynasty, the ruler Shi Huang-di began construction of the..

• Great Wall

• Pyramid of Giza

• Ziggurat Temple

• Fleet of Zheng he

The Shang and Zhou kings used the Mandate of ______ to prove that God had chosen them to rule.

• Gods
• Heaven
• Kings
• Men