WorksheetsAncient China Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Near which river did the first Chinese civilization begin?
Yaung He
Yulan
Yellow
Yang Tze
Who was Confucius?
A priest who spread Buddhism throughout China
A philosopher who created a value system for China
A warrior who conquered the Seven Warring Kingdoms in China
A wise scholar who healed the sick using herbal medicines
What was the Silk Road?
A transport route used to take China’s silk worms to Rome
A military road used by China’s huge army to travel throughout China
A trade route used to transport China’s goods and products
A secret route used by spies to steal China’s silk-making process
What was the original purpose for building the Great Wall of China?
To keep out China’s enemies that often invaded them from the north
To control the floods that would cause a tremendous about of damage
To fight monsters who were eating people in China
To be used as a huge burial plots for nobles and wealthy Chinese
Which of the following was NOT an invention of China?
Wheelbarrow
Acupuncture
Compass
Inoculations (vaccines/injections)
Which of the following was the first civilization in China?
Han Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Which of the following was the first person to unify China?
Shi Huangdi
Chiang Kai-shek
Liu Bang
Mao Tse Tung
Why did China originally have very little knowledge of the rest of the world?
A railroad separated Ancient China from the rest of the world
Geographic barriers, such as mountains and seas, separated China from other lands
They couldn't read other people's writing.
They never checked Facebook
Who was the Han Emperor who led Ancient China at its most powerful?
Emperor Wudi
Liu Bang
Jotaro Kujo
Liu Kang
What did the Chinese to to control flooding of the Huang River?
They used loess to protect themselves
They built dikes, or protective walls, along the Huang's banks.
They built a a large mechanical dam
They created the Great Wall
Which of the following was an action taken by Shi Huangdi?
He persecuted many people and tried to control their lives.
He created the King of Iron Fist Tournament
He wanted to unify china with one currency and language.
He took over the Chinese senate with the help of his apprentice
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
fighting for rule of the throne
A tournament to save Earth
the idea that people came to power because it was their destiny
closely related people of several generations
Confucius believed his role was passing down forgotten wisdom and never wrote down his teachings. So, how do we have his sayings today?
Someone videoed him while he was teaching
His students wrote and passed them down in collections (books) after his death
He made a google classroom
He made memes and shared them on social media
Confucius wanted to bring order to society. What did he believe would happen if people were taught to behave properly to each other?
There would be war
The government would be destroyed
There would be peace and prosperity
People wouldn't get along
What was the most important part of Ancient Chinese life - More important that yourself or the nation?
Money
Weight Lifting
Family
Video Games
Stable governments were a feature of the Han Dynasty that lasted for about 400 years. What helped the Han Dynasty to be stable?
The use of civil service and Confucianism.
By restricting freedoms
By following strict forms of legalism
By having scholars who protested killed.
In what ways did the Silk Road influence the introduction of cultures between China and western peoples?
brought new foods to both areas
new fabrics to both areas
new religious ideas were shared
all of the above
Identify why Sima Qian was important.
He wrote the entire history of China from mythical time to the reign of Wudi
He invented the Silk Road
He built the Great Wall of China
He started a religion
What teachings did the Han encourage as a way of bringing back the respect of their traditions?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Judaism
How did the invention of paper improve Chinese life?
They no longer had to farm
Paper influenced learning and the arts in china
They no longer used the Silk Road
It created more business for papyrus
