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CHINA & Neighbors

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Along what river did China's earliest civilization develop?
a)
Huang He (Yellow)
b)
Yangtze
c)
Nile
2.
What was the purpose of this structure?
a)
a temple
b)
protect China's northern border
c)
protect China's trade
3.
____ is fine, wind-blown yellow soil
a)
Loess
b)
Oracle Bone
4.

How did the Silk Road help China?

a)

China became wealthy through trade

b)

China ended farmed

c)

China started a war

5.

Chinese farmers built the first one with stone, sand, & rubble across the north

a)

Calligraphy

b)

Great Wall

c)

Huang

6.

What made the Yellow River yellow-ish?

a)

loess or soil sediment stirred up in the river

b)

Silk from the Silk Road

c)

It was already like this naturally

7.
What huge ocean lies east of Japan?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Indian
8.
The Huang or Yellow River empties into what sea?
a)
East China Sea
b)
Sea of Japan
c)
South Sea
d)
Yellow Sea
9.

The desert with furry camels north of China is

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Taklimakan Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

North China Desert

10.

This is the 3rd longest river in the world, and longest in China

a)

White River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River (Huang)

11.
The Gobi & Taklamakan deserts and the Himalayas protected parts of China from invaders.
a)
True
b)
False
12.

China's earliest language was ____ carved on animal bones

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

characters, symbols

c)

an alphabet

d)

cuneiform

13.
Continent #4...
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
South America
14.

The name given to old-school Chinese kings...

a)
Pharaoh
b)
Emperor
c)
Prophet
d)
Brahmans
15.
The high mountains between China and India
a)
Russia
b)
The Himalayas
c)
East China Sea
d)
Hong Kong Mountains
16.
An island that says it's independent from China, but China says "Whatevs!"
a)
Taiwan
b)
Thailand
c)
Tibet
d)
Philippines
17.
Which country is "Japan"
a)

D

b)

F

c)

E

d)

C

18.
Which country is "North Korea"
a)

E

b)

D

c)

C

d)

F

19.
Which country is "Taiwan"
a)

F

b)

E

c)

C

d)

D

20.
Which country offers its citizens the most freedom... and K-Pop?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
21.

Which country has a higher standard of living. Pictured is TAIPEI, its capital.

a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
22.
a)
Mongolia
b)
Russia
c)
China
d)
Thailand
23.
The GREEN country is...
a)
Taiwan
b)
South Korea
c)
Japan
24.

Whose flag?

a)

Taiwan

b)

China

c)

North Korea

d)

South Korea

25.

Whose flag is this?

Capital: Pyongyang

a)
South Korea
b)
North Korea
26.

What is the capital of North Korea?

a)

Incheon

b)

Seoul

c)

Pyongyang

27.

The Chinese sailor ZHENG HE sailed as far away as ____ on trading missions using the Indian Ocean

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antarctica

28.
There were land routes,
then sea routes
,
China used to ____ other far-away places
a)
go to war with
b)
trade with
c)
blockade against
29.

The red routes on this map were known as ____ trade routes.

a)

The Orient Express

b)

The Silk Road

c)

The Pony Express

30.
Why did the world want to trade with the Chinese so much?
a)
China had cool stuff no one else had
b)
China was "cool" and the others were not
31.
ZHENG HE was a...
a)
the first President of China
b)
invader of Korea
c)
emperor of China
d)
Chinese sailor and explorer
32.
MARCO POLO was...
a)
from Europe
b)
from America
c)

a fictional character

33.
Where were the MONGOLS in relation to China?
a)
north of China
b)
South of China 
c)
west of China
d)
East of China
34.

One of the Chinese dynasties ("Yuan") was ruled by foreigners, _____

a)

the Mongols!

b)

the Jews!

c)

the Russians!

d)

the Japanese!

35.

What names are associated with the MONGOLS?

a)

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

b)

Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan

c)

Zheng He & Ibn Battuta

36.
Something the world wanted from China was porcelain, which is...
a)
something that pointed the way north
b)
fancy painted pottery
c)
used to tell time
d)
told when an earthquake happened
37.

At least one woman was emperor of China

a)

True

b)

False

38.
This was made of ground-up bamboo and flattened out, perfect for writing on
a)
paper
b)
papyrus
c)
cuneiform
d)
gunpowder
39.
China's dynasties didn't have KINGS. They were called ___.
a)
sultans
b)
emirs
c)
emperors
d)
tzars
40.

The GRAND CANAL did what?

a)

linked cities with a "river"

b)

cut through the Great Wall

c)

brought drinking water to Beijing

41.
China's ____  showed the direction people were travelling
a)
seismograph
b)
astrolabe
c)
compass
d)
sundial
42.
China's seismograph did what?
a)
identified earthquakes
b)
pointed the way north
c)
helped Zheng He's sailing missions
d)
doubled as a weapon
43.
Confucianism was started by a thinker and teacher named CONFUCIUS
a)
true
b)
false
44.
The emperor who had an army of clay soldiers built for him
a)
Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi
b)
Empress Wu
c)
Emperor Tutankhamen
d)
Emperor Mao Zedong
45.

The clay soldiers pictured here were called _____.

a)

Terra Cotta Warriors

b)

Deadliest Warriors

c)

Ninja Warriors

46.
a)
Plateau of Tibet
b)
Himalayas
c)
Gobi Desert
47.

Why did people travel in caravans (large groups) on the Silk Road?

a)

for company

b)

it was cheaper

c)

for safety

d)

it was a law

48.

What made the Silk Road so important?

a)

It allowed Europe and Asia to trade easily

b)

Marco Polo used the Silk Road.

49.
Which product was NOT exchanged on the Silk Road?
a)
silk
b)
plastic
c)
silver
50.

Why did China build the Great Wall?

a)

To increase tourism

b)

To keep out invaders

c)

To protect China from being invaded by Japan