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WorksheetsAncient Chinese Dynasties Review part 3
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 6mins
What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper?
silk and bamboo
hides and leather
seaweed and straw
tree bark and leaves
Daoists taught that people could gain happiness by ...
reading the ancient texts
serving in government jobs
living in harmony with nature
working hard to become wealthy
This scene from an ancient scroll shows something being done to scholars. Why did this happen?
The soldiers did not know how to read
The royal family had to pick a teacher
The philosophers wanted to get back to nature
The emperor hoped to stop criticism of the government
Ancient Chinese healers used the technique of acupuncture to ...
satisfy the gods
achieve immortality
teach people to live with pain
re-balance the forces of yin and yang
In a chart titles "Yin and Yang," pleasure would be paired with ...
pain
reward
afterlife
enjoyment
Why did the Emperor of Qin order all Confucian books brought to the capital?
so he could destroy them
so he could learn from them
so he could start a new library
so he could have them translated
Which of these discoveries did the Chinese make, more than a thousand years before people in Europe did?
the blood circulates through the body
that comets can be seen in the night sky
that wheeled carts can be pulled by oxen
that metal can be shaped into strong swords
What is one way Daoism influenced China?
it got scholars to study
it led to fights for power
it encouraged stricter laws
it became a popular religion
Where did archaeologists find a life-sized army made of terra-cotta, a kind of clay?
in the Great Wall
next to the royal palace
along the southern border
inside the emperor's tomb
Han Feizi, whose teachings were the basis for Legalism, write that rules should emphasize...
honesty and truth
scholarship and ideas
trade and manufacturing
rewards and punishments
What happened after the Emperor of Qin's death?
tight military control
rebellions and civil war
peaceful easing of policies
worship of the emperor as a god
The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to show which way was south. What was their EARLIEST reason for wanting to know directions?
the know the best time to plant their crops
to foretell what would happen in the future
to navigate ships safely out of sight of land
to position buildings correctly for good fortune
What did Hanfeizi say that rulers must do to avoid being overthrown?
exercise absolute power
let people do as they want
earn the Mandate of Heaven
be popular through good deeds
Why did later Chinese historians have very different opinions of the Emperor of Qin?
Little is known about him
His tomb could not be found
He acted both wisely and cruelly
His advisers made most decisions
