China Assessment

What three essential things did the river provide the people of the valley? Check all 3 that apply

• Drinking water
• Food
• Swimming
• Transportation

The climate in China was unfavorable and prevented settlement due to poor soil and weather.

• True
• False

Who was Confucius?

• Philosopher and Teacher
• Teacher and Doctor
• Philosopher and Dentist
• Teacher and Coach

What did Shi Huangdi build during the Qin dynasty?

• The Great Wall of China
• A ziggurat
• The Great Pyramid
• Sewer Systems

What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?

• To connect China
• To protect travelers on the Silk Road and China from invasion
• To show others in China how to build
• Built for the Gods

Why did merchants travel in large caravans along the Silk Road?

• Protection
• To keep each other company
• To give the camels they had exercise
• Warlords

The Silk Road reached from China in the East to what body of water near Europe?

• Red Sea
• Mediteraniean Sea
• Black Sea
• Pacific Ocean

The most important cultural element in early Chinese life was what?

• Money
• Family
• Government
• Confucius

The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, China, India, and Egypt all developed because

• Rivers depositing rich soil suitable for farming
• They were all surrounded by mountains
• Because of vast (big) deserts that attracted settlers
• Of serious drought

How did China's physical geography influence its growth as a civilization

• Making it easy for Nubians to invade China
• Creating barriers to the outside world
• Making trade with Egypt easier
• Making it easy for the Babylonians to invade China