2024-2025 Grade 8 Social Studies Exam (Burhan)

The founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China.

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Qin Shi Huang

• Emperor Taizong

The great admiral of the Ming Dynasty, whose voyages travelled all over the Indian and Pacific Oceans, maybe even reaching America.

• Zheng He

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

A newer version of Qin Shi Huang as the ‘unifier’ of China during the Sui Dynasty.

• Wen Di

• Wu Zetian

• Kublai Khan

• Liu Bang

The founder of Taoism, which teaches to become one with the rhythms of the universe, or the ‘Tao.’

• Lao Zi

• Confucius

• Buddha

• Zhuangzi

Philosopher whose teachings influenced morality, society, filial piety, and culture in China for thousands of years:

• Confucius

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

As the first to unite his empire, who could be called the father of the Mongol Empire?

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Ogedei Khan

• Timur

Who was appointed by the Qing emperor to destroy opium that had been smuggled into the Pearl River area?

• Genghis Khan

• Confucius

• Lin Zexu

• Kublai Khan

• Lao Zi

Which is NOT a reason why the Huang is considered China’s “mother river”, but also a bringer of death and destruction?

• Flooding caused many deaths.

• Flooding provided fertile soil for farming.

• Allowed for transportation and trade.

• The Persians used it to conquer the Han.

Which empire was the first to unite most of what we consider to be modern China?

• Qin

• Shang

• Xia

• Zhou

Which of these fits as a very basic description of the cycle of ‘The Mandate of Heaven’?