Quiz on Ancient China

What is the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in ancient and early China called?

• Dynasty

• Bureaucracy

• Dynastic cycle

• Filial piety

What is a series of rulers from the same family known as?

• Oracle bone

• Dynasty

• Caravan

• Maritime

What term describes the belief that children owe their parents and ancestors respect?

• Filial piety

• Isolate

• Emperor

• Peasant

What does it mean to cut off from the rest of the world?

• Bureaucracy

• Isolate

• Maritime

• Silk

What is an animal bone used to consult with the many gods worshiped by the Shang people?

• Terra cotta

• Oracle bone

• Silk

• Caravan

What is a system of government in which appointed officials in specialized departments run the various offices?

• Dynasty

• Bureaucracy

• Maritime

• Peasant

Who is the supreme ruler of an empire?

• Peasant

• Emperor

• Caravan

• Oracle bone

What is a poor farmer called?

• Peasant

• Filial piety

• Silk

• Terra cotta

What is a textile made from the cocoons of silkworms?

• Terra cotta

• Silk

• Bureaucracy

• Maritime

What is a fire-baked clay called?

• Oracle bone

• Terra cotta

• Caravan

• Dynasty