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Ancient China 6-1.3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The teachings of Laozi are the basis of __________.

a)

Daoism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Legalism

2.

Which dynasty created civil service exams?

a)

Shang

b)

Zhou

c)

Qin

d)

Han

3.

Which dynasty built the first Great Wall to keep out invaders?

a)

Shang

b)

Zhou

c)

Qin

d)

Han

4.

Line of rulers from the same family is a

a)

generation

b)

dynasty

c)

bureaucracy

d)

individual

5.

A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

a)

kaolin

b)

pictograph

c)

bureaucracy

d)

currency

6.
The Shang and Zhou kings used the Mandate of ______ to prove that God had chosen them to rule.
a)
Gods
b)
Heaven
c)
Kings
d)
Men
7.
Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
d)
Mandate of Heaven
8.

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

a)

philosophy

b)

ancestor

c)

generation

d)

filial piety

9.

Why did Qin Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China?

a)

To shelter his people

b)

To protect from invaders from the north

c)

To help travel from place to place

d)

To protect his royal gardens

10.
How was Chinese civilization affected by mountains and deserts?
a)
They became wealthy.
b)
They were isolated from other civilizations.
c)
They made it easier to travel.
d)
They made China easy to be attacked.
11.

Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia

a)

Confucianism

b)

Silk Road

c)

Great Wall

d)

Huang He

12.

What was the natural border of China, that was a desert?

a)

Sahara

b)

Gobi

c)

Death Valley

d)

Antarctica

13.

How were oracle bones used?

a)

to predict the future

b)

to teach students how to write

c)

to record laws and official decrees

d)

to pass down dynastic history

14.

Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shi Huangdi’s style of rule?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

15.

A civil servant is a ____________________________________.

a)

person who is kind

b)

person who works for the government

c)

another name for emperor

d)

a person who is a priest

16.

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

a)

Huang He (Yellow)

b)

Indus

c)

Ganges

d)

Nile

17.

Someone in a person's family who lived long ago

a)

Heritage

b)

Historic person

c)

Culture

d)

Ancestor

18.

What is the dusty, yellow soil that the hills are made of in the region where the Huang He River flows?

a)

Loess

b)

Jade

c)

Kaolin

d)

Bronze

19.

A farmer who works land owned by someone else is called a

a)

ancestor

b)

censor

c)

tenant farmer

d)

warlord

20.

Confucius' main goal was to have ___________ in society.

a)

order

b)

wealth

c)

happiness

d)

work