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The Terracotta Army

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How was the terracotta army discovered?

a)

By the army.

b)

By farmers digging a well.

c)

By the archaeologists.

d)

By children playing.

2.

What is the Terracota army a part of?

a)

A palace.

b)

A museum.

c)

A tomb.

d)

A fortress.

3.

How many workers were employed in the creation of the Terracotta Army?

a)

500,000

b)

1,000,000

c)

70,000

d)

700,000

4.

How many soldiers comprise the Terracotta Army?

a)

8,000.

b)

9,000

c)

7,000

d)

8,500

5.

What was the name of the emperor who created the Terracotta Army?

a)

Qin Chi Huang

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Kublai Khan

d)

Kangxi

6.

The soldiers are all identical.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Why was the Terracotta Army built?

a)

To impress his enemies.

b)

To impress his kingdom.

c)

To fight immortality.

d)

To serve and protect emperor Qin in the afterlife.

8.

When was the terracota army discovered?

a)

1977

b)

1947

c)

1974

d)

1967

9.

What colour were the statues?

a)

Reddish brown. The colour of the clay.

b)

Red

c)

Black

d)

They were painted in different bright colours.

10.

Apart from the distinct facial features, what was also unique in their crafting?

a)

the nose

b)

the ears

c)

the hair

d)

the mouth

11.

It took 35 years to complete the Terracotta Army.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How much does each statue weigh?

a)

two hundred pounds.

b)

several hundred pounds.

c)

a hundred pounds.

d)

fifty pounds.

13.

How did they manage to build so many soldiers?

a)

They used a kiln.

b)

They only used craftsmen.

c)

They used both soldiers and craftsmen.

d)

They used moulds of different parts of the boby.

14.

To date, how many pits have been excavated?

a)

Six

b)

Eight

c)

Four

d)

One

15.

Why hasn't the emperor's tomb been excavated yet?

a)

Due to lack of money.

b)

Due to lack of arcaeologists.

c)

Because they haven't found the way to preserve the colours of the statues in it.

d)

Because the emperor's tomb does not exist.