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Ancient India & Ancient China Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were 2 forms of artistic expression used by the Tang & Song Dynasties to increase trade?

a)

Opera & Acting

b)

Mosaics & Pottery

c)

Calligraphy & Poetry

d)

Painting & Architecture

2.

What effect did trade along the Silk Road have on the civilizations involved?

a)

Ideas and goods were exchanged between cultures

b)

People of the Indus River Valley learned to build walls to control flooding

c)

Shi Huangdi built the Great Wall

d)

More civilizations were able to able to achieve a stable food supply

3.

Which philosophy or religion is based on ancestor worship and living in balance and harmony with nature?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Taoism

4.

How did the Hindu Caste System change Indian society?

a)

It made all citizens participate in Hinduism

b)

It created a system of social classes with roles

c)

It changed it from a republic to a dictatorship

d)

It required all citizens to specialize in mathematics

5.

Which of the Four Great Inventions is shown in this image?

a)

Papermaking

b)

Compass

c)

Gunpowder

d)

Printing

6.

What is the origin of Hinduism and Buddhism?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

India

7.

Which of the following statements is true about China?

a)

The Tigris brought important loess to the river valley

b)

The Huang He brought important loess to the river valley

c)

The Indus River brought extremely fertile soil

d)

The Nile River often flooded China, decimating crops

8.

What farming methods were used that enabled the Chinese to have a food surplus?

a)

Terraces, middlemen

b)

Turtle shells, irrigation

c)

Terraces, double cropping

d)

Loess, civil service

9.

What discovery during the Tang and Ming dynasties allowed Chinese literature to reach a new heights of importance?

a)

People were bored and looking for entertainment

b)

The government paid writers

c)

The Chinese population increased

d)

Printing was invented

10.

During the Golden Age of India, which of these were contributions to society?

a)

Textiles and fashion design

b)

Math and medicine

c)

Laws and politics

d)

Sports and exercise

11.

Which product would have most likely been trade from the East to the West?

a)

Silver

b)

Wool

c)

Porcelain

d)

Gold

12.

Where did Confucianism & Taoism originate?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia

13.

Which of these achievements did NOT come from China?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Plastic Surgery

c)

Seismograph

d)

Porcelain

14.

How did early Chinese civilizations determine who would work in government positions?

a)

Positions were given to people related to the emperor who had demonstrated loyalty while serving in the military

b)

Positions were given to people who scored the best on a civil service exam

c)

Positions were given to people who had relatives working in the government

d)

Positions were given to people from the wealthiest families who gave money to support the government

15.

Which of the following correctly describes similarities between Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, India, and China?

a)

They depended on rivers to provide fertile soil, irrigation, and transportation

b)

Their economy was supported by making medicines from oracle bones

c)

They wrote hieroglyphics on paper made from trees

d)

They had divine kingship

16.

Which of the following statements is true about the caste system?

a)

Hindus may move to a higher caste if they marry someone from a higher caste

b)

The lowest castes were supposed to be teachers to all of the others

c)

Hindus who become better educated can move to a higher caste

d)

The caste system is a lifelong social class

17.

What does this map show?

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Silk Road

d)

March to the Sea

18.

Which of the following is the language brought to Ancient India by the Aryans?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Calligraphy

19.

Why was trade along the Silk Road important to the development of the Chinese civilization?

a)

It weakened rivals in Japan and India

b)

It created alliances with Japan and India

c)

It brought disease to China

d)

It brought great wealth to China

20.

Due to isolation, the ancient people of India relied solely on food they could grow themselves. What is this called?

a)

Double Cropping

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Canals & trenches

d)

Terraces

21.

The concept of zero was first created by mathematicians during which Classical Indian Dynasty?

a)

Gupta

b)

Chin

c)

Han

d)

Tang

22.

Which of the following was affected by the caste you were born into?

a)

Foods eaten, religion, education

b)

Marriage, religion. government

c)

Occupation, education, government

d)

Marriage, occupation, foods eaten

23.

How did silk affect the economy of ancient China?

a)

China did not make a profit from selling it because silk was made in other parts of the world

b)

China’s economy profited because silk was a valued trade item in the West

c)

No money was made from selling it because silk was too expensive to produce

d)

Most people preferred to buy cotton because silk was too hard to keep clean

24.

Why was the Gupta dynasty known as the Golden Age of Classical Indian civilization?

a)

The people found a lot of gold in the rivers

b)

Doctors found herbs to heal sickness

c)

Art, literature, and mathematics grew in importance

d)

Religion played a key role in the lives of the people