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Pre Quiz China

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major geographical feature served as protection on the southern border of China?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Taklaman Desert

2.
What were the two major rivers of Ancient China? 
a)
Nile and Amazon
b)
Yangtze and Yellow
c)
Mississippi and Ganges
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
3.

The _____________ is the most fertile area in China.

a)

Chinese Plain

b)

Tibet Plateau

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

4.

The Yangtze River and Yellow River originate in the ________________________.

a)

Loess Plateau

b)

Taklamakan Desert

c)

Tien Shan Mountains

d)

Tibet Plateau

5.
What continent is China located on?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
6.

Why is the Yellow River also known as China's Sorrow?

a)

Sometimes the river have the inability to produce silt for people to grow crops.

b)

The river frequently floods causing millions of deaths over the course of China's history.

c)

It is where people go when they are sad.

d)

China lost many battles against the Hun army along the Yellow River.

7.
What is a dynasty?
a)
A succession of rulers from the same family.
b)
A time period that a king ruled during.
c)
The homes built for the Emperors.
d)
A family tree.
8.

Which ocean touches China?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

9.

Yu the Great was the leader of China's first dynasty.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which dynasty invented a form of writing?

a)

Shang

b)

Xia

c)

Han

d)

Qin

11.

Which dynasty started to build The Great Wall of China?

a)

Qin

b)

Han

c)

Xia

d)

Shang

12.

What was the name of the second dynasty in China?

a)

Shang

b)

Xia

c)

Zhou

d)

Qin

13.

The _________ Dynasty was the third dynasty in China.

a)

Zhou

b)

Xia

c)

Shang

d)

Qin

14.

The _________ Dynasty was the fourth dynasty in China.

a)

Qin

b)

Xia

c)

Zhou

d)

Han

15.

The ________ Dynasty was the fifth dynasty in China.

a)

Xia

b)

Shang

c)

Han

d)

Qin

16.

Which dynasty invented The Silk Road?

a)

Han

b)

Zhou

c)

Qin

d)

Shang

17.

The Silk Road eventually connected China with?

a)

Rome

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

Japan

18.
Ancient China was surrounded by desert, mountains and ocean. What impact did these natural borders have on the culture? 
a)
They helped to integrate the cultures of other world civilizations.
b)
They caused China to constantly be at war with other world civilizations.
c)
They helped China to establish trade with other civilizations.
d)
They isolated the Chinese civilization allowing it to develop independently. 
19.

The Yellow River and Yangtze Rivers flow in which cardinal directions?

a)

East to West

b)

West to South

c)

West to East

d)

West to North

20.

In China the Yellow River turns yellow because it flows through the _____________________.

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Loess Plateau

c)

Chinese Plain

d)

Yellow Sea

21.

The Yangtze River and Yellow River originate in the ________________________.

a)

Loess Plateau

b)

Taklamakan Desert

c)

Tien Shan Mountains

d)

Tibet Plateau

22.

Yu the Great received help from which two animals in controlling China flooding?

a)

Tortoise and Bear

b)

Bear and Dragon

c)

Tortoise and Dragon

d)

Animals did not help him

23.

What happened to Gun in the Xia Dynasty?

a)

He grew tired of trying to solve the Yellow Rivers flooding and quit.

b)

He stole magic dirt and was executed for doing this.

c)

Yu and Gun solved the flooding problem in China together. In the end Gun gave all of the credit to Yu the Great.

24.

How were oracle bones read?

a)

By throwing them on the ground.

b)

By cracking them with a hot rod.

c)

Stepping on them until they crack.

d)

Hitting the bone with a hammer.

25.

What geographic feature is the furthest to the west in China?

a)

Taklamakan Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Yangtze River

e)

Yellow River

26.

Who execute Gun?

a)

Zurong

b)

Zulong

c)

Zilung

d)

Zurung

27.

How did Yu get the Great Yellow Emperor's magic dirt, compared to his dad?

a)

Yu asked The Great Yellow Emperor

b)

Yu sent his son to ask The Great Yellow Emperor

c)

Yu sent The Great Yellow Emperor a message asking for the dirt.

d)

Yu organized an elaborate plain to steal the magic dirt when The Great Yellow Emperor was not looking.

28.

Select two ways Mulan and Yu are the same.

a)

They both wanted to restore their families honor.

b)

They both were parents.

c)

They both joined the army to protect China.

d)

They both respected the people of China and at no time brought their families dishonor.

e)

They both were offered jobs in China's government.

29.

Yu struggled at the end of the story we read. How did he struggle?

a)

Yu's wife was upset with him and they never spoke.

b)

Yu was lonely. He missed if wife and child.

c)

Yu was not upset, he enjoyed saving the people of China.

d)

Yu was upset at the fact his father was not alive anymore. He wanted his father to see what he achieved.

30.

Select all natural features which protect China

a)

Great Wall of China

b)

Taklamakan Desert

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

e)

Himalaya Mountains

31.

What geographic area is highest in elevation?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Yellow Sea

c)

China Plain

d)

Pacific Ocean

32.

Along which river did people settle in China first?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Green River

c)

Orange River

d)

Gray River

33.

What was China's longest lasting Dynasty?

a)

Xia Dynasty

b)

Zhou Dynasty

c)

Han Dynasty

d)

Qin Dynasty

34.

What was the time period called when China fought one another over a prolonged period of time?

a)

Fighting States Period

b)

Warring States Period

c)

China Warring Period

d)

Battling States Period

35.

Which dynasty "won" the Warring States Period? This dynasty did not last very long, but they did unify China.

a)

Zhou Dynasty

b)

Qin Dynasty

c)

Xia Dynasty

d)

Shang Dynasty

36.

Critical thinking question. The ________ Dynasty built what we know today as the "Great Wall of China". In the video, this wall was built on the _________ border of China. Hint: Mr. Thomas paused the video and explained the story of Mulan.

a)

Qin / Western

b)

Qin / Northern

c)

Han / Northern

d)

Zhou / Eastern

e)

Zhou / Southern

37.

The Yellow River and Yangtze River drain into the ________ Ocean.

a)

Indian

b)

Southern

c)

Pacific

d)

Atlantic

38.

Could people lose the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

yes

b)

no

39.

What is the leader of a dynasty called?

a)

king

b)

pharaoh

c)

emperor

d)

leader

40.

The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods...

a)

Dynastic Cylce

b)

Mandate to Heaven

c)

Daoism

d)

Mandate of Heaven

41.

A Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature...

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Mandate of Heaven

42.

A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws...

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Mandate of Heaven

43.

Ancient Chinese writing was found in which dynasty?

a)

Xia

b)

Shang

c)

Zhou

44.

Why is the China Plain the easiest place for people in China to farm crops.

a)

It was flat and easy to farm.

b)

Water from The Yellow River would provide fertile dirt. This fertile dirt was picked up from the Tibet Plateau.

c)

Silt from the Loess Plateau would make the Yellow River fertile. Unfortunately, the Yellow River flows from east to west. This dirt never made it to the China Plain.

d)

The Yellow River provided fertile dirt from the Loess Plateau, this dirt would be dispersed across the China Plain making it easy to farm.

45.

Ying and the Yang

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

46.

In China writing has stayed identical since it was first created in the Shang Dynasty.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Which philosophy thought people should be treated with love and respect.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

48.

Which philosophy thought that we should have a balance with nature?

a)

Daoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Legalism

49.

Which philosophy disagreed with Confucius?

a)

Legalism

b)

Daoism

50.

Male / female , dark / light, hot /cold

a)

Diaoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

51.

Which dynasty created philosophy's?

a)

Zhou

b)

Xia

c)

Shang

52.

Dynasties had the same territory overtime. They never expanded or shrunk.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

What is a the best way to describe the word philosophy?

a)

An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea helps us explain the world, how / why people act the way they do, and how to maintain order with people.

b)

An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea helps us understand why geography helps civilizations develop.

c)

An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea explains where people live and why.

d)

An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea helps us understand the relationship people have animals.

54.

Dynasty's in China were in a constant cycle. A dynasty would start good and treat the people right. Unfortunately, over the course of generations the emperor would become spoiled and lost touch with reality. With Doing this he (or she) would treat their people poorly and he would eventually get overthrown. Then the cycle would start over again.

a)

True

b)

False