Ch. 10 China: The Middle Kingdom: Test Review Questions

The ancient name for China is the

• Middle Kingdom

• Siam

• Nippon

• Persia

The two major rivers of China are:

• Yangtze and Yellow River

• Ganges and Indus

• Amazon and Nile

• Mississippi and Missouri

What ocean does China face?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

What geographical feature for centuries cut China off from the West?

• The Great Wall of China

• The Himalayas

• The Gobi Desert

• The Pacific Ocean

The ______ was built to keep out the wild horsemen that threatened China from Mongolia.

• Great Wall of China

• Forbidden City

• Terracotta Army

• Summer Palace

What was the “Silk Road”?

• a modern trade route connecting Europe and Asia

• the ancient trade route from western China to the Mediterranean Sea (or Persia).

• a famous road in China

• a type of fabric used in ancient times

The drawings that make up Chinese writing are called

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• ideograms

• milligrams

Traditional Chinese government was a ______, in which the most qualified and talented people governed, subject to the rule of the emperor.

• meritocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• autocracy

Name one way China influenced the beginnings of all other East Asian cultures (such as Japan and Korea).

• Through the introduction of Buddhism

• artistic styles (paintangs, architecture, and liturature)

• Food and cooking

• civil service examinations

The Qin emperor Zheng was very cruel in his effort to unify the Warring States and suppress opposition to his rule, but he is best known for

• developing the Chinese character writing

• invading Mongolia

• building the first Great Wall of China

• developing the civil service examination