Topic 5 Ancient China

Ancient Chinese civilizations developed along the rivers.

• True

• False

Some items traded on the Silk Road include

• spices, paper, exotic animals, and ideas

• computers, stereos, and phones

Confucianism is focused on

• one God

• relationships with people

• gods/goddesses

Legalism pertains to the idea of

• chaos

• rules for only certain people

• a strong leader and strong legal system creates social order

Using this map, answer the following question. The Silk Road ends in which city? (click on the image to make it bigger)

• Istanbul

• Mecca

• Prague

• Rome

Which animal helped make the Silk Road a success for travelers?

• elephant

• horse

• ox

• camel

Taoism/Daoism's founder is (someone who may or may not have existed)

• Confucius

• Emperor Wudi

• Lao Tzu

China had natural barriers which isolated its civilizations. What man-made barrier protected the northern part?

• Gobi Desert

• Taklimakan Desert

• Great Wall

• Himalayas

The Chinese written language uses pictographs. Pictographs are...

• photographs of ancestors

• pictures that represent words or ideas

• symbols that represent sounds

• sound recordings

Under the Zhou Dynasty, weapons and tools were created out of...

• gold

• copper

• iron

• bone