Quiz on Ancient China

What benefit did a standardized currency bring to China?

• It made it easier to trade anywhere in the empire.

• It reduced the economic power of warlords.

• It increased wealth for all citizens.

• It allowed the government to collect taxes.

Among the major achievements of the Shang were the development of a written language and the

• building of the Great Wall.

• introduction of metal coins.

• invention of the seismometer.

• development of bronze metalworking.

Which geographic features that isolated China complete the diagram?

• North China Plain

• Taklimakan Desert

• Huang He River

• Gobi Desert

In order to keep the economy stable, Han emperors

• introduced the first Chinese coins.

• prevented merchants from selling goods outside of China.

• bought and stored goods to avoid shortages.

• banned monopolies in major industries.

According to the Zhou concept of the Mandate of Heaven, what would a ruler have to do to stay in power?

• win the loyalty of warlords

• impose strict laws to prevent chaos

• charge high taxes

• preserve harmony between heaven and earth

Emperor Wudi and later Han emperors sent envoys to

• establish relations with western kingdoms.

• oversee civil service examinations.

• destroy rebellious warlords.

• spread Buddhism throughout China.

What is an oracle bone?

• An Ancient Chinese philosophy that emphasized filial piety

• Animal bone or shell carved with written characters that was used to predict the future in Ancient China

• Wall to hold back water

• A road used to transport goods

Filial piety is a major feature of which system of thought in China?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

Shi Huangdi believed in Legalism, a philosophy that held that

• people are basically good and rulers should set an example.

• a strict ruler is needed to create an orderly society.

• government jobs should be given to the most qualified persons.

• rulers should seek to keep the Mandate of Heaven.

What does it mean to censor?

• to ban dangerous or offensive ideas or remove material from published works or prevent its publication

• to make a wall for protection

• to rule a country through provinces

• to predict the future using an animal bone or shell