WorksheetsAncient China
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How much of China's land is available for farming?
a)
1/3
b)
1/10
c)
1/2
d)
1/100
2.
A positive of rivers is...
a)
they provide water for cleaning
b)
they provide water for fishing
c)
they provide water for farming
d)
they provide water for drinking
3.
A positive for mountains and deserts is...
a)
they provide good farming land
b)
they provide protection
c)
they provide places to build
d)
they provide water for crops
4.
A positive for the Plateau of Tibet is...
a)
it has good farm land
b)
it is a good water source
c)
it provides sand for glassmaking
d)
it provides vegetation for the pastoral nomads' animals
5.
A negative about rivers is...
a)
they can dry up
b)
that swimming/boating against the current is difficult
c)
they can be dirty
d)
they can flood and cause destruction
6.
A negative about mountains and deserts is...
a)
they don't provide farmland
b)
they take up too much space
c)
they're too high/too low
d)
nothing...they're great!!
7.
Which of the below is NOT a Han Dynasty achievement?
a)
Paper
b)
Chain pump
c)
Glass
d)
Crossbow
8.
Which of the below IS a Han Dynasty achievement?
a)
Olympic games
b)
Alphabet
c)
Wheelbarrow
d)
Democracy
9.
Acupuncture is an example of Chinese...
a)
cooking
b)
medicine
c)
theater
d)
art
10.
Which of the Chinese philosophies promoted a peaceful society?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
11.
This philosophy taught that people needed harsh laws and punishments to make them live correctly.
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
12.
Which of the Chinese philosophies taught that if each person does her or his duty, society as a whole will do well?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daosim
c)
Legalism
13.
This philosophy taught that people should give up worldly desires.
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daosim
c)
Legalism
14.
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi used this philosophy as the basis for his government.
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
15.
Philosophy that taught that people should put family and community needs above their own.
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
16.
What was the common goal of all three Chinese philosophies we studied?
a)
To make everyone happy
b)
To create an ordered society
c)
To create a dictatorship
d)
To provide more food
17.
Why did empires need armies in order to survive?
a)
So they could rule over other countries
b)
To protect their people
c)
To protect their people and to expand their empire
d)
Population control
18.
Which characteristic does the picture represent?
a)
Religion
b)
Growth of the empire
c)
Cities
d)
Government
19.
Which characteristic does the picture represent?
a)
Complex technology
b)
Size of the empire
c)
Cities
d)
Religion
20.
Which characteristic does the picture represent?
a)
Cities
b)
Growth of empire
c)
Social hierarchy
d)
Job specialization
21.
Which characteristic does the picture represent?
a)
Cities
b)
System of writing
c)
Complex technology
d)
Government and laws
22.
Which characteristic does the picture represent?
a)
Cities
b)
System of writing
c)
Government
d)
Religion
23.
A network of trade routes that extended from China to southwest Asia to the Mediterranean (Greece and Rome)
a)
Silk
b)
Conquest
c)
Alliance
d)
Silk Road
24.
Noble whose wealth came from land ownership
a)
Aristocrat
b)
Dynasty
c)
Empire
d)
Merchant
25.
Taking control of a place or people with military force
a)
Dynasty
b)
Alliance
c)
Conquest
d)
Philosophy
26.
A group of appointed officials who are responsible for different parts of the government
a)
Alliance
b)
Bureaucracy
c)
Dynasty
d)
Conquest
27.
A person who sells or trades products; sometimes one who travels bringing products from one place to another
a)
Merchant
b)
Empire
c)
Philosophy
d)
Aristocrat
28.
A large (and sometimes spread out) group of states or countries under one ruler
a)
Dynasty
b)
Bureaucracy
c)
Alliance
d)
Empire
29.
The love of wisdom or knowledge
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Dynasty
c)
Philosophy
d)
Silk
30.
A fine, strong, soft, shiny fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric
a)
Silk Road
b)
Merchant
c)
Alliance
d)
Silk
31.
When people or groups of people work together for a common goal
a)
Dynasty
b)
Alliance
c)
Conquest
d)
Philosophy
32.
Line of hereditary rulers of a country or empire
a)
Merchant
b)
Alliance
c)
Empire
d)
Conquest
33.
Which of the following were sent out of China by the Silk Road?
a)
Salt and iron
b)
Silk, tea, and spices
c)
Milk and rice
d)
All of these
34.
Use the map: What is A?
a)
Yangtze River
b)
Plateau of Tibet
c)
Himalayas
d)
Gobi Desert
35.
Use the map: What is B?
a)
Himalayas
b)
Plateau of Tibet
c)
Yellow River
d)
Great Wall of China
36.
Use the map: What is C?
a)
Yangtze River
b)
Yellow River
c)
Great Wall of China
d)
Plateau of Tibet
37.
Use the map: What is D?
a)
Yellow River
b)
Yangtze River
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Great Wall of China
38.
Use the map: Which letter is the Gobi Desert?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
G
d)
B
39.
Use the map: Which letter is the Yangtze River?
a)
C
b)
B
c)
F
d)
D
40.
Use the map: Which letter is the Pacific Ocean?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
41.
Which of these was not an impact of the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
Stable food supply
b)
Farming
c)
Surplus food supply
d)
Population Growth
42.
Why were rivers so important to the early river valley civilizations?
a)
To drink
b)
To water crops
c)
To bathe
d)
To clean clothes, etc.
43.
Why didn't pastoral nomads settle down and farm where they were?
a)
The soil didn't support farming
b)
There wasn't a water source to support farming
c)
The climate didn't allow for farming
d)
All of the above
44.
What makes a place "geographically lucky"?
a)
Water source for farming
b)
Enough precipitation to water crops
c)
Long enough growing season
d)
All of the above
45.
How did Neolithic people get their food?
a)
Farming
b)
Hunting and gathering
c)
Trading
d)
Shopping
46.
Which continent was the last to be populated by humans?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Australia
d)
Africa
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