Ancient China Test 2024

Confucianism teaches that creating peace in everyday life is achieved through self-cultivation, ritual practice, and ethical behavior.

• Through self-cultivation, ritual practice, and ethical behavior

• Through strict legalism and coercion

• Through isolation from community

• Through aggressive expansion

The three groups mentioned in the context of kings, nobles, and peasants are:

• Kings, nobles, and peasants

• Kings, knights, and peasants

• Emperors, merchants, and peasants

• Monarchs, nobles, and serfs

The Silk Road created a network of trade routes.

• trade routes

• cities

• empires

• shipping lanes

Into how many different 'steps' is China broken, and what do they have?

Legalism gives a single leader absolute authority.

• absolute authority

• shared power

• no authority

• limited control

What were the inventions mentioned in the context of the seismograph and water clock?

• The seismograph and water clock.

• The seismograph and sundial.

• The water clock and astrolabe.

• The seismograph and thermometer.

Match the terms to the big idea concept. Be prepared to defend your answer with reasoning and evidence from what you have learned.

• Economy

• Religion: A belief system that influences the development of a civilization. (Some examples may include: Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and Judaism.)

• Government and Leadership

• Social Classes: How a civilization is divided into classes that have different roles, responsibilities and privileges. (Some examples may include: family village, feudal system, slaves and nobles.)

• Religion

• Geography: Physical environment and how it may influence an economy and culture. (Some examples may include: desert, island, rivers, oceans and mountains.)

• Social Classes

• Economy: How a civilization makes money through the buying and selling of goods and services. (Some examples may include: resources, trade routes, agriculture and products.)

• Geography

• Government and Leadership: How a civilization creates an organized way of leadership. (Some examples may include: ruler, laws and policies.)

Shi Huangdi named himself the 'First Emperor of China.'

• Shi Huangdi

• Confucius

• Mao Zedong

• Emperor Wu

Why does the author of the text make the comparisons between Confucius and Buddha and Confucius and Jesus?

• To tell you why Confucius became a scholar based on the teachings of the other two men

• To explain why Confucius is more like Buddha than Jesus

• To help the reader make connections between Confucius and two well-known philosophers and religious leaders

• To explain why Confucius is more like Jesus than Buddha

The relationship between the deceased ancestors and the Shang people can be described as:

• The Shang revered their ancestors and believed they played an important role in their daily lives

• Always negative, the ancestors cause disasters for their living relatives

• Always positive, the ancestors look out for their living relatives

• The Shang disagreed with the actions of their ancestors and used oracle bones to tell them to stop