WorksheetsAncient China
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Chang Jiang River?
a)
It is the third longest river in the world.
b)
It is also called the Yellow River.
c)
It maintains a relatively predictable course.
d)
It helped unify China through transportation and trade.
2.
What concept led to the dynastic cycle?
a)
the Mandate of Heaven
b)
Warring States
c)
filial piety
d)
Daoism
3.
Which of the following Chinese philosophies promoted filial piety?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Legalism
c)
Daoism
d)
Confucianism
4.
Which of the following was NOT true of the Han dynasty?
a)
Taxes were lowered and especially harsh laws were ended.
b)
The dynasty was very short-lived because the rulers were not wise.
c)
Appointed officials had to pass an examination of Confucianism.
d)
Peasants were required to work only one month per year on public projects.
5.
Which of the following is the best description of the Silk Roads?
a)
The Silk Roads were overland routes connecting China with Europe.
b)
The Silk Roads were land and maritime routes connecting China with Asia, Europe, and Africa.
c)
The Silk Roads ran through Russia to northern Europe.
d)
The Silk Roads were not used after 100 B.C.
6.
Which of the following is NOT true about trade on the Silk Roads?
a)
Traders often bartered items for other goods.
b)
Traders used different currencies to pay for items.
c)
Traders used a single currency to pay for items.
d)
Many traders carried no money at all.
7.
What religion spread from India to China?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
none of these
8.
China's civilization developed between which two rivers?
a)
Yin and Yang
b)
Chang Jiang and Yangtze
c)
Shang and Zhou
d)
Huang He and Chang Jiang
9.
What is the dynastic cycle?
a)
the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties
b)
a time of constant war
c)
the respect children owe their parents and ancestors
d)
the process of merging with nature
10.
Whose teachings were collected in a book called the Analects?
a)
Confucius
b)
Dao de Jing
c)
Han Feizi
d)
Laozi
11.
Which of the following was meant to protect Shi Huangdi in death?
a)
the Great Wall of China
b)
Confucian scholars
c)
an army of terra cotta warriors
d)
canals and irrigation systems
12.
The maritime routes of the Silk Roads crossed which of the following?
a)
oceans
b)
deserts
c)
land
d)
the Great Wall of China
13.
What is the process by which ideas spread from one culture to another?
a)
barter
b)
caravans
c)
cultural diffusion
d)
the Silk roads
14.
What human-made structure bordered part of the Han dynasty?
a)
the Great Wall
b)
the Taklimakan
c)
the Himalaya
d)
the Pamir
15.
The city of Luoyang is along which river?
a)
Yangtze
b)
Wei He
c)
Chang Jiang
d)
East China
16.
The territory of the Han dynasty included which remote area?
a)
the Himalaya
b)
the Tian Shan
c)
the Pamir
d)
the Taklimakan
17.
Which physical feature was contained in the Han dynasty but not in the Qin dynasty?
a)
the Chang Jiang
b)
the Taklimakan
c)
the Himalaya
d)
the Huang He
18.
The Han and Qin dynasties shared a border along which natural boundary?
a)
the Yellow Sea
b)
the Pamir
c)
the Himalaya
d)
the Pacific Ocean
19.
Which legacy was most important in spreading ideas faster and farther than ever?
a)
paper
b)
compass
c)
bureaucracy-run government
d)
examinations for government officials
20.
How did standardized weights and measures improve trade?
a)
Buyers everywhere know what something cost.
b)
Buyers knew the seller was not cheating on size.
c)
Good roads allowed smooth travel for traders.
d)
They had no impact on trade.
21.
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Qin dynasty?
a)
single writing system
b)
unified empire
c)
trained bureaucracy
d)
single currency
22.
Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Han dynasty?
a)
single writing system
b)
unified empire
c)
trained bureaucracy
d)
single currency
23.
Which of the following is a desert that formed part of China's natural barriers?
a)
the Himalaya
b)
the Taklimakan
c)
the Tian Shan
d)
the Pamir
24.
What is another name for the Chang Jiang River?
a)
yellow River
b)
Indus River
c)
Tigris River
d)
Yangtze River
25.
Which Chinese philosophy focuses on living in harmony with nature and the Way?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
d)
Mandate of heaven
26.
Shi Huangdi followed which Chinese philosophy?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Legalism
d)
Daoism
27.
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Shi Huangdi?
a)
a single writing system
b)
a government bureaucracy
c)
canals and irrigation systems
d)
standardized weights and measures
28.
Who became known as Empress Lü?
a)
the last emperor of the Qin dynasty
b)
Liu Bang's wife
c)
a notable bureaucrat of the Han dynasty
d)
the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history
29.
What was invented during the Han dynasty to show direction?
a)
sextant
b)
silk
c)
wheelbarrow
d)
compass
30.
Which invention allowed ideas to spread farther and faster than ever?
a)
paper
b)
silk
c)
compass
d)
wheelbarrow
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