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Ancient Chinese Dynasties Review part 3

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper?

a)

silk and bamboo

b)

hides and leather

c)

seaweed and straw

d)

tree bark and leaves

2.

Daoists taught that people could gain happiness by ...

a)

reading the ancient texts

b)

serving in government jobs

c)

living in harmony with nature

d)

working hard to become wealthy

3.

This scene from an ancient scroll shows something being done to scholars. Why did this happen?

a)

The soldiers did not know how to read

b)

The royal family had to pick a teacher

c)

The philosophers wanted to get back to nature

d)

The emperor hoped to stop criticism of the government

4.

Ancient Chinese healers used the technique of acupuncture to ...

a)

satisfy the gods

b)

achieve immortality

c)

teach people to live with pain

d)

re-balance the forces of yin and yang

5.

In a chart titles "Yin and Yang," pleasure would be paired with ...

a)

pain

b)

reward

c)

afterlife

d)

enjoyment

6.

Why did the Emperor of Qin order all Confucian books brought to the capital?

a)

so he could destroy them

b)

so he could learn from them

c)

so he could start a new library

d)

so he could have them translated

7.

Which of these discoveries did the Chinese make, more than a thousand years before people in Europe did?

a)

the blood circulates through the body

b)

that comets can be seen in the night sky

c)

that wheeled carts can be pulled by oxen

d)

that metal can be shaped into strong swords

8.

What is one way Daoism influenced China?

a)

it got scholars to study

b)

it led to fights for power

c)

it encouraged stricter laws

d)

it became a popular religion

9.

Where did archaeologists find a life-sized army made of terra-cotta, a kind of clay?

a)

in the Great Wall

b)

next to the royal palace

c)

along the southern border

d)

inside the emperor's tomb

10.

Han Feizi, whose teachings were the basis for Legalism, write that rules should emphasize...

a)

honesty and truth

b)

scholarship and ideas

c)

trade and manufacturing

d)

rewards and punishments

11.

What happened after the Emperor of Qin's death?

a)

tight military control

b)

rebellions and civil war

c)

peaceful easing of policies

d)

worship of the emperor as a god

12.

The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was south. What was their EARLIEST reason for wanting to know directions?

a)

the know the best time to plant their crops

b)

to foretell what would happen in the future

c)

to navigate ships safely out of sight of land

d)

to position buildings correctly for good fortune

13.

What did Hanfeizi say that rulers must do to avoid being overthrown?

a)

exercise absolute power

b)

let people do as they want

c)

earn the Mandate of Heaven

d)

be popular through good deeds

14.

Why did later Chinese historians have very different opinions of the Emperor of Qin?

a)

Little is known about him

b)

His tomb could not be found

c)

He acted both wisely and cruelly

d)

His advisers made most decisions