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Chapter 10 -- China

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Himalayas

2.

What is this?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangtze River

3.

What is this?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangtze River

4.

What is this?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Mount Everest

5.

What is this?

a)

Hainan

b)

China Sea

6.

What is this?

a)

Mongolia

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Taklimakan Desert

d)

Yellow River

7.

What is this?

a)

Taklimakan Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

8.

What is this?

a)

Yellow Sea

b)

China Sea

9.

What is this?

a)

China Sea

b)

Yellow Sea

10.

What is this?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

China Desert

11.

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures.

a)

Pictograph

b)

Dao

c)

Warlord

d)

Ancestor

12.

Chinese system of beliefs that describes the way a king must rule.

a)

Dao

b)

Daoism

c)

Ideograph

d)

Mandate of Heaven

13.

A military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area.

a)

Warlord

b)

Bureaucrats

c)

Heredity

d)

Aristocrats

14.

A person that someone is descended from.

a)

Ancestor

b)

Philial piety

c)

Legalism

d)

Currency

15.

A symbol in a writing system that conveys an idea by using multiple symbols.

a)

Ideograph

b)

Pictograph

c)

Censor

d)

Civil service

16.

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

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Tenant farmer

c)

Acupuncture

d)

Confucianism

17.

A group of non-elected government officials.

a)

Bureaucrats

b)

Civil service

c)

Ancestor

d)

Filial piety

18.

Having title or procession by reason of birth.

a)

Hereditary

b)

Ancestor

c)

Warlord

d)

Daoism

19.

A Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws.

a)

Legalism

b)

Daoism

c)

Confucianism

20.

The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents.

a)

Filial piety

b)

Confucianism

c)

Ancestor

d)

Mandate of Heaven

21.

A system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Legalism

c)

Daoism

22.

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

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

23.

An official who watches others for correct behavior.

a)

Censor

b)

Ancestor

c)

Currency

d)

Your little brother / sister

24.

Something, such as coins or paper money that is used as a medium of exchange.

a)

Currency

b)

Pictograph

c)

Ideograph

d)

Warlord

25.

The administrative service of the government.

a)

Civil service

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Hereditary

26.

A farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop.

a)

Tenant farmer

b)

Regular farmer

c)

Aristocrat farmer

d)

Daoist farmer

27.

An originally Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain.

a)

Acupuncture

b)

Punctureacu

c)

Turepunacu

d)

Acuturpanc

28.

Which image does legalism make you think of?

a)
b)
c)
29.

Which image does confucianism make you think of?

a)
b)
c)
30.

Which image does daoism make you think of?

a)
b)
c)
31.

Why is the Yellow River often called "China's sorrow?"

a)

Many millions of people have died in flooding.

b)

The river doesn't have enough water.

c)

China's enemies attack from the river.

d)

The flooding is stable and expected.

32.

Why don't we know if the Xia Dynasty actually existed?

a)

There is no evidence of the Dynasty.

b)

There is actually too much evidence.

c)

Because Yu the Great started the dynasty before writing was invented.

d)

The who?

33.

What did families offer the ancestors at temples?

a)

Paper copies of food, clothes, other items.

b)

Actual food, clothes, and other items.

c)

Just prayers and incense.

d)

The ancestors were not remembered in the temples.

34.

Who was to blame if there was a disaster?

a)

The King.

b)

The priests.

c)

The bureaucrats.

d)

The common people.

35.

How did the Mandate of Heaven work?

a)

I'm king because the gods chose me.

b)

I'm king because I'm the strongest.

c)

I'm king because I'm the smartest.

d)

I'm king because the people like me the most.

36.

Why did the three main philosophies pop up around 500BC? WHAT'S THE POINT!?!?

a)

People were tired of the insanity of war.

b)

People needed more things to remember.

c)

People wanted to get rid of the aristocrats.

d)

People wanted a way to eat more food.

37.

Confucianism taught:

a)

Family and community comes first, and education.

b)

Give up worldly desires and go back to nature.

c)

People are naturally evil and need strict laws.

38.

Daoism taught:

a)

Family and community comes first, and education.

b)

Give up worldly desires and go back to nature.

c)

People are naturally evil and need strict laws.

39.

Legalism taught:

a)

Family and community comes first, and education.

b)

Give up worldly desires and go back to nature.

c)

People are naturally evil and need strict laws.

40.

Why weren't merchants allowed to work in the government?

a)

They were seen as being greedy.

b)

They were too important to not sell things.

c)

They were actually needed in government.

41.

Why is Emperor Qin remembered?

a)

He was the first to unite all of China.

b)

He started China's first empire.

c)

He dug the channels that controlled flooding.

d)

He created the Gobi Desert.

42.

After Qin, Han Wudi chose what kind of people to help fun the government? (Hi Confucius!)

a)

Dedicated.

b)

Talented.

c)

Rich.

d)

Selfish.

43.

How was the Great Wall built?

a)

Walls that already protected cities were linked.

b)

The whole thing was started by Qin.

c)

The Great Wall was destroyed by water dragons.

d)

The Xiongnu were attacking Chinese cities.

44.

The silk road got it's name from...

a)

Silk.

b)

Silk.

c)

Silk.

d)

Silk.

45.

What was the silk road?

a)

A network of lots of trade roads.

b)

One single really long road.