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Ancient History - China Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the ancient Chinese call their land?

a)

Middle Earth

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Magic Kingdom

2.

What social group held the most esteemed position in Chinese society?

a)

scholars

b)

priests

c)

poets

d)

warriors

3.

The goal of a learned Chinese man was a career in

a)

education

b)

government

c)

the military

d)

religious service

4.

Which Chinese teacher taught the importance of maintaining harmony and order in society by developing proper relationships?

a)

Lao-tzu

b)

Qin Shi Huang

c)

Confucius

d)

Li Po

5.

Which civilization invented movable type?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Mogolia

d)

Japan

6.

Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of the Qin dynasty was

a)

The Great Wall

b)

The Tera-Cotta Army

c)

The Great Pagoda

d)

The Great Tunnel

7.

What Chinese ruler was buried in an elaborate mausoleum complete with a terra-cotta army.

a)

Qin Shi Huang

b)

Lao-tzu

c)

Confucius

d)

Wu Ti

8.

he Han established a period of Chinese peace throughout China and much of central Asia. What was this period called?

a)

Pax Sinica

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Pax Indus

d)

Pax Mogolus

9.

Under which dynasty became a golden age in Chinese history?

a)

Tang

b)

Han

c)

Qin

d)

Shang

10.

Which became the guiding philosophy of China’s educational, social, and political systems?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

11.

Which became the basis of mystical, magical, and superstitious elements in Chinese society?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

12.

believed to be the founder of Taoism

a)

Confucius

b)

Lao-tzu

13.

The cult of ____________ worship became the leading religion in China.

a)

ancestor

b)

dragon

c)

emperor

d)

river

14.

This ruler was the first to unite the provinces of China under one strong centralized government.

a)

Qin Shi Huang (Zheng)

b)

Wu Ti

c)

Wu Tang

d)

Li Po

15.

The earliest Chinese lived in the fertile valleys of China’s two major river systems. What are they?

a)

the Huang He (or Yellow) and the Yangtze

b)

the Indus and Ganges

c)

the Tigris and Euphrates

d)

the Yangtze and Ganges