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China Review

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He started Legalism

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Han Feizi

c)

Li Bo

d)

Xi Jinping

2.

founder of Buddhism

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Han Feizi

c)

Li Bo

d)

Xi Jinping

3.

famous poet of the Tang Dynasty

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Han Feizi

c)

Li Bo

d)

Xi Jinping

4.

current President of China, wants to rule for life

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Han Feizi

c)

Li Bo

d)

Xi Jinping

5.

European who traveled to China in 1200s

a)

Zheng He

b)

Lao ZI

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Shi Huangdi

6.

First Emperor of Chin (Qin) Dynasty

a)

Zheng He

b)

Lao ZI

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Shi Huangdi

7.

He started Daoism

a)

Zheng He

b)

Lao ZI

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Shi Huangdi

8.

Admiral and explorer of the Ming Dynasty (contact with other cultures)

a)

Zheng He

b)

Lao ZI

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Shi Huangdi

9.

Leader of Democratic Republic of China 1911

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Kai Shek

c)

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

d)

Deng Xiaoping

10.

Leader of Communist China that Opened it up to West, did Tiananmen Square Massacre (4 Modernizations)

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Kai Shek

c)

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

d)

Deng Xiaoping

11.

Leader (General) of the Nationalist china in the 30s, 40s, and 50s

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Kai Shek

c)

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

d)

Deng Xiaoping

12.

1st Chairman of the People's Rep. of China (leader of Communists)

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Kai Shek

c)

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

d)

Deng Xiaoping

13.

book of Confucius

a)

Loess

b)

Analects

c)

Dynastic Cycle

d)

Mandate of Heaven

14.

rise and fall of ruling families

a)

Loess

b)

Analects

c)

Dynastic Cycle

d)

Mandate of Heaven

15.

yellow-brown fertile soil carried by winds into rivers

a)

Loess

b)

Analects

c)

Dynastic Cycle

d)

Mandate of Heaven

16.

right of a Chinese emperor to govern

a)

Loess

b)

Analects

c)

Dynastic Cycle

d)

Mandate of Heaven

17.

crop failure and starvation, resulting in the fall of a dynasty

a)

famine

b)

kow tow

c)

Filial piety

d)

Yin and Yang

18.

symbol of Daoism (opposites) white/black male/female

a)

famine

b)

kow tow

c)

Filial piety

d)

Yin and Yang

19.

duty and respect that children owe to their parents

a)

famine

b)

kow tow

c)

Filial piety

d)

Yin and Yang

20.

to bow low, done to the emperors to show respect

a)

famine

b)

kow tow

c)

Filial piety

d)

Yin and Yang

21.

Location of a pro-democratic rally in 1989 (was put down)

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Long March

d)

Tiananmen Square

22.

Mao's plan that set up communes, he wanted modernization (failed, was a disaster killing 45 million people)

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Long March

d)

Tiananmen Square

23.

Communists fleeing the Nationalist China in 1930s (led by Mao)

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Long March

d)

Tiananmen Square

24.

started in 1966 with Red Guards attacking intellectuals (teachers)

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Long March

d)

Tiananmen Square

25.

Kublai Khan was the leader of this dynasty?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

26.

During this dynasty Buddhism developed on the Silk Road?

a)

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Song Dynasty

27.

They were the first to build the great wall?

a)

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Song Dynasty

28.

They built the Forbidden City?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

29.

These two dynasties were known for arts (Daoist ideas)?

a)

Chin (Qin) and Han Dynasties

b)

Han and Tang Dynasties

c)

Tang and Song Dynasties

d)

Song and Yuan (Mongol) Dynasties

30.

These two dynasties were known as the Golden Age of Chinese history?

a)

Chin (Qin) and Han Dynasties

b)

Han and Tang Dynasties

c)

Tang and Song Dynasties

d)

Song and Yuan (Mongol) Dynasties

31.

This dynasty had legalist ideas which unified China?

a)

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Song Dynasty

32.

This dynasty had Marco Polo visit?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

33.

This dynasty declined due to foreign powers and peasant unrest?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

34.

The Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion occurred during this dynasty?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

35.

This dynasty was started by a poor peasant? (got the mongols out)

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

36.

This dynasty developed the first Civil Service Exams?

a)

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Song Dynasty

37.

This dynasty had a silent army in a tomb called the Terra Cotta Soldiers?

a)

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Song Dynasty

38.

This dynasty was the largest in size? (land area)

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

39.

This dynasty was known for its great sea voyages to Africa, but also isolated itself?

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Qing (Ching) (Manchurian) Dynasty

40.

Most of the population and agricultural activity is located in what part of China?

a)

Eastern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Northern

41.

What is the population of China today?

a)

1.7 Billion

b)

1.4 Billion

c)

1.3 Million

d)

310 Million

42.

The Song dynasty was overrun by what Northern invaders?

a)

Mongols

b)

Hun

c)

Manchurians

d)

Aryans

43.

China is similar in size to what country?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

U.S.

d)

Canada

44.

What early tradition is based on rules and relationships, plus believes that the ruler must lead by example?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Confucianism

45.

What early tradition is based on harsh laws, rewards and punishments, plus a society needs a powerful government?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Confucianism

46.

What early tradition is based on the ideas that society needs a link between people and nature?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Confucianism

47.

What early tradition came from India and offered salvation? (4 Noble Truths)

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Confucianism

48.

What was the name of the first major war against the western power Great Britain, which took place from 1839-1842? (The item China was trying to stop)

a)

Cold War

b)

Opium War

c)

Civil War

d)

Silk War

49.

What city did Great Britain get in the Treaty of Nanjing ending that war? The British controlled the city until 1999.

a)

Shanghai

b)

Xian

c)

Beijing

d)

Hong Kong

50.

Which of these is NOT one of the areas focused on in Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernization?

a)

Military

b)

Science and Technology

c)

Farming

d)

Education

51.

Following his visit in 1972, the U.S. entered a period of "Normalization" with China.

a)

Forrest Gump

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

52.

Since the beginning of the People's Republic of China, Mao maintained order and ruled China by ...

a)

gaining support from Japan

b)

joining forces with other warlords

c)

building a totalitarian state

d)

permitting limited democracy

53.

The Chinese Communists were saved from defeat in 1937 when ...

a)

Chang Kai Shek died suddenly

b)

Sun Yat-sen joined the Revolution

c)

the Japanese invaded starting WWII

d)

All of the above

54.

The Long March, Little Red Book, and the Great Leap Forward are all associated with the ...

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

economic policies of the Nationalists

c)

leadership of Mao Zedong

d)

foreign policies of Deng Xiaoping

55.

The Chinese communists won power in 1948 mainly because...

a)

they showed how successful the commune system was

b)

they promised to improve the conditions for the peasants

c)

they had the backing of the powerful warlords

d)

they rejected Marxism in favor of Confucian ideas

56.

After the Communist victory in 1949, where did Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalist flee to?

a)

Island of Hainan

b)

Island of Japan

c)

Island of Taiwan

d)

Island of Korea

57.

What best describes China today?

a)

Politically NOT Free and Economically Free

b)

Politically Free and Economically NOT Free

c)

Both Politically and Economically NOT Free

d)

Both Politically and Economically Free

58.

“. . . Let the king and his ministers labor with a mutual sympathy, saying, ‘We have received the decree of Heaven and it shall be great as the long continued years of Hsia; yea, it shall not fail of the long-continued years of Yin.’ I wish the king, through the attachment of the lower people, to receive the long-abiding decree of Heaven. . . .” — Clae Waltham, ed., Shu Ching, Book of History, Henry Regnery Company

Which concept is being referred to in this passage?

a)

dynastic cycle

b)

matriarchal society

c)

natural rights

d)

monotheism

59.

Which statement about the Mongol Empire is accurate?

a)

The Mongols developed a highly technological society that emphasized formal education.

b)

European monarchies became a model for the early Mongol governments.

c)

Pax Mongolia led to regional stability, increasing trade on the Silk Road.

d)

The Mongols adopted Roman Catholicism as the official religion of the empire.

60.

• Foreign rulers were overthrown.

• Admiral Zheng He established trade links.

• Civil service exams were reinstated.


These events in history occurred during the rule of the

a)

Mughal dynasty in China

b)

Abbasid dynasty in China

c)

Ming dynasty in China

d)

Tokugawa shogunate in Japan

61.

A major goal of both the Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China was to

a)

rid their countries of foreigners

b)

expand their respective territories

c)

receive international military support

d)

restore an absolute monarch to the throne

62.

Which group was accused of violating human rights in the city of Nanjing during World War II?

a)

Americans

b)

Chinese

c)

Japanese

d)

Germans

63.

One way in which the Hitler Youth of Germany and the Red Guard of China are similar is that both organizations

a)

required unquestioning loyalty to the leader

b)

helped increase religious tolerance

c)

hindered imperialistic goals

d)

led pro-democracy movements

64.

Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties of China?

a)

wheel and stirrup

b)

chinampas and calendar

c)

gunpowder and movable wooden type

d)

mosaics and domes

65.

China's image of itself as the Middle Kingdom is associated with

a)

welcoming foreign ideas and influences

b)

mixing Western religions with traditional Chinese philosophies

c)

controlling how contact occurs with other cultures

d)

building the Grand Canal to expand trade within China

66.

A similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both were

a)

movements to establish communist governments

b)

attempts to remove foreign influence

c)

efforts to restore trade monopolies

d)

struggles to westernize cultures

67.

What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in China after 1949?

a)

granting legal equality for men and women

b)

requiring arranged marriages

c)

adopting the practice of foot binding

d)

mandating Confucianism as the state philosophy

68.

One way in which the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Three Gorges Dam in China are similar is that both

a)

convert saltwater to freshwater

b)

harness natural forces to produce energy

c)

provide fertilizers for agricultural production

d)

connect small bodies of water to larger bodies of water

69.

One way in which the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are similar is that each

a)

started mass migrations from Europe

b)

stimulated interest in other cultures

c)

led to the establishment of colonies

d)

resulted in archaeological discoveries in Africa

70.

Which geographic factor had the greatest influence on the early history of South Asia and China?

a)

tropical rain forests

b)

vast coastlines

c)

island locations

d)

river valleys

71.

The Silk Road was important because it allowed for the

a)

exploration of China by the Roman Army

b)

development of agriculture by the nomadic people of Central Asia

c)

movement of Chinese armies through Southeast Asia

d)

exchange of goods between Asia and the Middle East

72.

Which of these groups were the major supporters of 20th-century communist revolutions?

a)

priests and artisans

b)

bourgeoisie and nobility

c)

entrepreneurs and capitalists

d)

workers and peasants

73.

totalitarian society is one in which

a)

the government controls most aspects of life

b)

religious beliefs are supported by the government

c)

the state is considered a servant of the citizens

d)

citizens can publicly criticize the actions of the leaders