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Culture of China

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following limited early human settlement into China?

a)

Deserts Taklimakan & Gobi Deserts

b)

Mountains Himalayas & The Tibetan Plateau

c)

Jungles to the South

d)

All of the above

2.

What are two notable river valleys in China?

a)

Yangtze River Valley

b)

Huang He (Yellow) River Valley

c)

Ganges River Valley

d)

Mesopotamia (Tigris & Euphrates River Valley)

3.

Which of the following are advances that the Chinese culture made which made their river valleys some of the most productive in the ancient and modern world?

a)

Domestication of millet & rice.

b)

Irrigation & terrace farming techniques.

c)

Double cropping.

d)

All of the above.

4.

Which of the following is not an innovation of Medieval China?

a)

Silk & tea production.

b)

Iron & porcelain work.

c)

Compasses & Printing

d)

Gun powder

5.

What concept is central to understand when discussing the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties and Chinese history?

a)

The Mandate of Heaven

b)

Confucianism

c)

The feudalism of Chinese society.

d)

The influence of Japan on Chinese society.

6.

What Chinese philosophy stresses a series of of reciprocal relationships?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shintoism

7.

What Chinese philosophy stresses “The way”, getting touch w/ the energy of the universe.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shintoism

8.

What belief system migrated from India via trade routes and stresses the Four Noble Truths & Eight Fold Path?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shintoism

9.

Which innovation was used by the Chinese to evaluate and elevate officials

a)

The standardized test

b)

Mortal Kombat

c)

The Yama System

d)

The Caste System

10.

Which dynasty was the first to unite was we think of as China?

a)

The Xia Dynasty

b)

The Qin

c)

The Han Dynasty

d)

The Song Dynasty

11.

Which dynasty is ethnically what many think of when thinking of someone who is “Chinese” and instituted the state examination or civil service exam?

a)

The Xia Dynasty

b)

The Qin

c)

The Han Dynasty

d)

The Song Dynasty

12.

Which dynasty saw a large development of agricultural techniques?

a)

The Xia Dynasty

b)

The Qin

c)

The Han Dynasty

d)

The Song Dynasty

13.

Which of the following are Chinese inventions?

a)

Wheelbarrows

b)

Lacquer

c)

Crossbow

d)

Fishing Reel

e)

Earthquake monitor

14.

Which invention should be attributed to the Chinese but is often attributed to Johannes Gutenberg?

a)

Movable type printing

b)

Paper making

c)

The Compass

d)

Writing

15.

The study of what led to the discovery of gunpowder?

a)

Alchemy

b)

Biology

c)

Anatomy

d)

Hydrology

16.

The use of what allowed for increased iron production and a heating of homes for longer?

a)

Coal

b)

Charcoal

c)

Gun powder

d)

Peat

17.

What is possibly the greatest engineering feet of Chinese during the Middle Ages?

a)

The Grand Canal

b)

Great Wall

c)

Three Gorges Dam

d)

Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge

18.

Some historians are confused that what did not happen in China?

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Cultural Revolution

d)

Social Revolution