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WorksheetsPre Quiz China
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 23mins
What major geographical feature served as protection on the southern border of China?
Yellow River
Himalayan Mountains
Gobi Desert
Taklaman Desert
The _____________ is the most fertile area in China.
Chinese Plain
Tibet Plateau
Yangtze River
Yellow River
The Yangtze River and Yellow River originate in the ________________________.
Loess Plateau
Taklamakan Desert
Tien Shan Mountains
Tibet Plateau
Why is the Yellow River also known as China's Sorrow?
Sometimes the river have the inability to produce silt for people to grow crops.
The river frequently floods causing millions of deaths over the course of China's history.
It is where people go when they are sad.
China lost many battles against the Hun army along the Yellow River.
Which ocean touches China?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Yu the Great was the leader of China's first dynasty.
True
False
Which dynasty invented a form of writing?
Shang
Xia
Han
Qin
Which dynasty started to build The Great Wall of China?
Qin
Han
Xia
Shang
What was the name of the second dynasty in China?
Shang
Xia
Zhou
Qin
The _________ Dynasty was the third dynasty in China.
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Qin
The _________ Dynasty was the fourth dynasty in China.
Qin
Xia
Zhou
Han
The ________ Dynasty was the fifth dynasty in China.
Xia
Shang
Han
Qin
Which dynasty invented The Silk Road?
Han
Zhou
Qin
Shang
The Silk Road eventually connected China with?
Rome
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Japan
The Yellow River and Yangtze Rivers flow in which cardinal directions?
East to West
West to South
West to East
West to North
In China the Yellow River turns yellow because it flows through the _____________________.
Tibet Plateau
Loess Plateau
Chinese Plain
Yellow Sea
The Yangtze River and Yellow River originate in the ________________________.
Loess Plateau
Taklamakan Desert
Tien Shan Mountains
Tibet Plateau
Yu the Great received help from which two animals in controlling China flooding?
Tortoise and Bear
Bear and Dragon
Tortoise and Dragon
Animals did not help him
What happened to Gun in the Xia Dynasty?
He grew tired of trying to solve the Yellow Rivers flooding and quit.
He stole magic dirt and was executed for doing this.
Yu and Gun solved the flooding problem in China together. In the end Gun gave all of the credit to Yu the Great.
How were oracle bones read?
By throwing them on the ground.
By cracking them with a hot rod.
Stepping on them until they crack.
Hitting the bone with a hammer.
What geographic feature is the furthest to the west in China?
Taklamakan Desert
Gobi Desert
Pacific Ocean
Yangtze River
Yellow River
Who execute Gun?
Zurong
Zulong
Zilung
Zurung
How did Yu get the Great Yellow Emperor's magic dirt, compared to his dad?
Yu asked The Great Yellow Emperor
Yu sent his son to ask The Great Yellow Emperor
Yu sent The Great Yellow Emperor a message asking for the dirt.
Yu organized an elaborate plain to steal the magic dirt when The Great Yellow Emperor was not looking.
Select two ways Mulan and Yu are the same.
They both wanted to restore their families honor.
They both were parents.
They both joined the army to protect China.
They both respected the people of China and at no time brought their families dishonor.
They both were offered jobs in China's government.
Yu struggled at the end of the story we read. How did he struggle?
Yu's wife was upset with him and they never spoke.
Yu was lonely. He missed if wife and child.
Yu was not upset, he enjoyed saving the people of China.
Yu was upset at the fact his father was not alive anymore. He wanted his father to see what he achieved.
Select all natural features which protect China
Great Wall of China
Taklamakan Desert
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Himalaya Mountains
What geographic area is highest in elevation?
Tibet Plateau
Yellow Sea
China Plain
Pacific Ocean
Along which river did people settle in China first?
Yellow River
Green River
Orange River
Gray River
What was China's longest lasting Dynasty?
Xia Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
What was the time period called when China fought one another over a prolonged period of time?
Fighting States Period
Warring States Period
China Warring Period
Battling States Period
Which dynasty "won" the Warring States Period? This dynasty did not last very long, but they did unify China.
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
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.
Qin / Western
Qin / Northern
Han / Northern
Zhou / Eastern
Zhou / Southern
The Yellow River and Yangtze River drain into the ________ Ocean.
Indian
Southern
Pacific
Atlantic
Could people lose the Mandate of Heaven?
yes
no
What is the leader of a dynasty called?
king
pharaoh
emperor
leader
The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods...
Dynastic Cylce
Mandate to Heaven
Daoism
Mandate of Heaven
A Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature...
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Mandate of Heaven
A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws...
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Mandate of Heaven
Ancient Chinese writing was found in which dynasty?
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Why is the China Plain the easiest place for people in China to farm crops.
It was flat and easy to farm.
Water from The Yellow River would provide fertile dirt. This fertile dirt was picked up from the Tibet Plateau.
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.
The Yellow River provided fertile dirt from the Loess Plateau, this dirt would be dispersed across the China Plain making it easy to farm.
Ying and the Yang
Daoism
Legalism
Confucianism
In China writing has stayed identical since it was first created in the Shang Dynasty.
True
False
Which philosophy thought people should be treated with love and respect.
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Which philosophy thought that we should have a balance with nature?
Daoism
Confucianism
Legalism
Which philosophy disagreed with Confucius?
Legalism
Daoism
Male / female , dark / light, hot /cold
Diaoism
Legalism
Confucianism
Which dynasty created philosophy's?
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Dynasties had the same territory overtime. They never expanded or shrunk.
True
False
What is a the best way to describe the word philosophy?
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.
An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea helps us understand why geography helps civilizations develop.
An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea explains where people live and why.
An idea that a philosopher came up with. This idea helps us understand the relationship people have animals.
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.
True
False
