Chapter 7 Test 2025-25

The Chinese call the Huang He River _____ because it drowned people and destroyed homes.

• “China’s Gift”
• "Yellow River”
• “Raging River”
• “China’s Sorrow”

The first capital city of China was _____.

• Zhou
• Anyang
• Xia
• Shang

A kind of character used in Chinese writing that stands for an OBJECT.

• pictograph
• ideograph
• hieroglyph
• cuneiform

Two or more pictographs that are joined together to represent an IDEA.

• pictograph
• ideograph
• hieroglyph
• cuneiform

A _____ is a formal order.

• mandate
• bureaucracy
• tribute
• Legalism

_____ is a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government.

• mandate
• bureaucracy
• tribute
• Legalism

An_____ is a noble whose wealth comes from the land he owns.

• merchant
• emperor
• aristocrat
• dictator

Confucius believed that people would do well if everyone always did his or her _____.

• duty.
• prayers.
• jobs.
• best.

Laozi believed that people should give up _____ in favor of nature.

• home and family
• wisdom
• laws and government
• worldly desires

During the 200s B.C., Legalism taught that humans were naturally

• good.
• disrespectful.
• evil.
• kind.