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China Test

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is Ancient China found on

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

2.

Ancient Chinese civilization flourished on which two rivers?

a)

Indus and Ganges

b)

Xun and Brahmaputra

c)

Yangtze and Huang He

d)

Huang He and Mekong River

3.
What were oracle bones used for?
a)
telling stories and predicting futures
b)
communicating with gods and predicting futures
c)
telling stories and communicating with gods
d)
decoration and predicting futures
4.
Where did early Chinese civilization first develop?
a)
In the Indus Valley
b)
along the banks of the Huang He
c)
at the edge of the Gobi Desert
d)
in the valleys of the Pamir Mountains
5.
Ancient Chinese rulers believed their authority to rule was based off of divine approval, an idea known as the _____________________. 
a)
Mandate of Heaven
b)
Law of Karma
c)
Legalist Punishments
d)
5 Basic Relationships
6.
What idea did the great Chinese teacher Confucius teach?
a)
Strict laws keep people following their proper roles.
b)
Strong government keeps the country united and the people under control
c)
The balance of yin and yang creates a life of peace and harmony. 
d)
Proper conduct and respect for family and society creates peace and harmony
7.
Which of the following were traded on the Silk Road? 
a)
Spices
b)
Religion
c)
Fabric
d)
All of the above
8.
What is the name of the mountain range located in China and India?
a)
Himalayan Mountains
b)
Alps
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Sahara Desert
9.
A line of rulers who belong to the same family is called a 
a)
Pharaoh
b)
province 
c)
Emperor 
d)
Dynasty 
10.
What is the western most city along the Silk Road shown on this map?
a)
Alexandria
b)
Baghdad
c)
Rome
d)
Begram
11.
What religion became popular in China after spreading from India?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Shinto
12.
What is the purpose of the structure pictured here?
a)
It is a temple
b)
To protect China's northern border
c)
To protect China's Southern border
d)
To protect China from India 
13.

The Silk Road was a trade route between

a)

Japan and China

b)

Europe and China

c)

Egypt and China

d)

Africa and China

14.

Which of the following was NOT a contribution of Ancient China?

a)

Corn

b)

Paper

c)

Gunpowder

d)

Abacus

15.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

A clothing shop

b)

A Chinese Trade route

c)

A road mad out of silk

d)

A type of ancient clothing.

16.
What did Emperor Qin build that allowed no one to leave, or invade, for thousands of years?
a)
a statue of himself
b)
a fortress
c)
The Great Wall
d)
a model of a dinosaur
17.
What was the natural border of China that was an ocean?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
18.
What was the natural border of China that was a desert?
a)
Sahara
b)
Gobi
c)
Death Valley
d)
Antarctica
19.
Confucius a very famous ____________, in Ancient China
a)
emperor
b)
philosopher
c)
army leader
d)
god
20.
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
21.
A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority. 
a)
Daoism
b)
Legalism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Qin
22.
How did the Silk Road effect China?
a)
China became wealthy
b)
China ended farmed
c)
China started a war
d)
China stopped trading
23.
Which river is in China?
a)
Green
b)
Mississippi
c)
Yellow
d)
Himilaya
24.
Why would Shi Huangdi take the people's weapons?
a)
To give them new ones
b)
He did not like weapons
c)
So they could not fight back
d)
His army needed weapons
25.
Why did Shi Huangdi make the lords more to the capitol?
a)
To keep an eye on them 
b)
He liked their company
26.
How did the Great Wall help China? 
a)
It didn't
b)
Protection from Invaders
c)
It scared people away
d)
Stopped flooding
27.
Why did Shi Huangdi standardize money? 
a)
So people could buy things all over China
b)
To keep all the money
28.
Which is NOT one of the fears/dangers of traveling on the Silk Road? 
a)
Bandits
b)
The Dark
c)
Physical Features
d)
Animals
29.
According to the Mandate of Heaven, when can people overthrow an emperor?
a)
never
b)
when he ruled badly
c)
when he became unpopular
d)
when citizens wanted change
30.
Which Chinese invention led to a reduction in the use of crossbows, swords, and spears in war?
a)
steel
b)
gunpowder
c)
compass
d)
telegraph
31.
A belief system that emphasizes an end to suffering
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Daoism
d)
Christianity
32.
What Chinese product was so valuable that its production method was kept secret?
a)
Paper
b)
Silk
c)
Gunpowder
d)
Rice
33.

Why did the Emperor look for a long life/immortality potion?

a)

Be was afraid of being immortal

b)

He was afraid of being poor

c)

He was afraid of losing power

d)

He was afraid of dying

34.

How did natural barriers shape China's civilization?

a)

natural barriers had no impact

b)

rivers were unreliable and did not help farming

c)

they kept China isolated

d)

deserts prevented the development of agriculture

35.

Which of the following rivers is NOT found in China?

a)

Tigris

b)

Huang He

c)

Yangtze

36.

Which of the following was NOT a role usually fulfilled by women in ancient China?

a)

caring for children

b)

caring for the home

c)

making laws

37.

What was one of the outcomes of woodblock printing?

a)

fewer opportunities to learn new information

b)

less learning in the schools

c)

too much information being sent out

d)

increased learning with access to reading and writing

38.

Which of the following was NOT a concern for long distance traders in the ancient world?

a)

bandits stealing their goods

b)

crossing mountains and deserts

c)

paying the tolls to foreign cities

d)

too much food and water

39.
What was the biggest threat to merchants traveling on the Silk Road?
a)
Diseases
b)
Getting lost
c)
Starvation
d)
Thieves
40.
True or false: Legalism: Legalists believed that harsh punishments would keep people from breaking the law.
a)
True
b)
False
41.

Gunpowder, silk, and paper were all

a)

Chinese inventions

b)

Natural resources

c)

Traded goods

d)

Video game power-ups

42.

What was the most important reason why traders formed long caravans to cross the desert along the Silk Road?

a)

to prevent sandstorms

b)

to lift heavy goods

c)

to protect each other

d)

to learn the route

43.

How did the Silk Road most affect the spread of Buddhism?

a)

Travelers carried Buddhist beliefs from India to China.

b)

Chinese philosopher wrote buddhist texts to sell in Antioch.

c)

The Buddha encouraged people to seek enlightenment in the desert.

d)

Dangers on the route supported the Buddhist idea that life is suffering.

44.

Which emperor of Ancient China commissioned the building of the Great Wall of China?

a)

Emperor Qin Shi Huang

b)

Hu Ding

c)

Whu Dat

d)

Mah Jong

45.

What is the definition of Bronze casting?

a)

Where a cast is made of bronze to wear on your arm after breaking your arm

b)

A farming tool to help speed the donkey along

c)

Using sand, clay or dirt to create a mold or 3D image of an item you want to create. Molten bronze is then poured into the mold and allowed to harden.

d)

A tool ancient emperors used to detect poison in food.

46.

The early Chinese people were nomads this meant that they stayed in one place and didn't follow their source of food. Instead they grew their food and used technology to control the flow of water.

a)

True

b)

False

47.
There were land routes,
then sea routes,
China used to ____ other far-away places
a)
go to war with
b)
trade with
c)
blockade against
d)
exchange mail with
48.

The red routes on this map were known as ____ trade routes.

a)

The Orient Express

b)

Information Superhighway

c)

The Silk Road

d)

The Pony Express

49.
Why did the world want to trade with the Chinese so much?
a)
China had cool stuff no one else had
b)
China was "cool" and the others were not
50.

Which cultural idea was exchanged on the Silk Road?

a)

new languages

b)

religions

c)

skills

d)

All of these were exchanged

51.

What animals transported most of the goods along the Silk Road?

a)

Horses

b)

Camels

c)

Elephants

d)

llamas in disguise

52.

A timeline is ....

a)

a list of events.

b)

a chart of events.

c)

a graph of events in the order they happened.

d)

a yearbook.

53.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins
54.
Which event occurred first?
a)
Zhou Dynasty began
b)
Confucius born
c)
Shang Dynasty began
d)
Han Dynasty ended
55.
Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?
a)
100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC
b)
1000 BC, 450 BC, 2013 CE, 2014 CE
c)
450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD
d)
1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD
56.
Which of these is Buddha's real name?
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Siddhartha Gautama
c)
Pi Pitale
d)
Sidney Guatemala 
57.
What food item today can be traced back to the Song Dynasty
a)
Fish
b)
Corn
c)
Cotton
d)
Rice
58.
The dots on the timeline show when Buddhism arrived in four different countries. Based on the timeline, where did Buddhism arrive between 1 and 500 C.E.?
a)
India
b)
Korea
c)
Japan and Korea
d)
China and Korea
59.
Of the four dynasties shown on the timeline, which one ruled for the shortest time?
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Yuan Dynasty
c)
Tang Dynasty
d)
Song Dynasty

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