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T5 L3-6 Practice Quizizz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

According to the Laozi, what is the Dao?

a)

the home of the heavenly spirits

b)

respect for authority

c)

the natural way of the universe

d)

reverence for ancestors

2.

Which spirits were most important to the ancient Chinese?

a)

spirits of one's ancestors

b)

evil spirits who controlled the crops

c)

spirits found in the natural world

d)

spirits representing the Mandate of Heaven

3.

What philosopher who helped shape Chinese thought is known as the "First Teacher"?

a)

Laozi

b)

the Zhou emperor

c)

Confucius

d)

Mencius

4.

What is the main topic discussed in the Analects of Confucius?

a)

proper behavior and ideals

b)

successful battle strategies

c)

living in harmony with nature

d)

the nature of the afterlife

5.

According to Daoism, the symbols of yin and yang represent the ideal of

a)

authority.

b)

good government.

c)

balance.

d)

material success.

6.

Who was the first emperor of united China?

a)

Shang Yang

b)

Han Feizi

c)

Confucius

d)

Shi Huangdi

7.

What was the purpose of the Great Wall?

a)

to separate warring states

b)

to keep out nomads to the north

c)

to standardize Chinese roads

d)

to make trade and transportation easier

8.

Which of these phrases BEST summarizes Legalism?

a)

Harsh laws are needed to keep order in society.

b)

Moral values are the key to social order.

c)

Citizens are capable of governing themselves.

d)

Educating people leads to a strong society.

9.

Which of these phrase best summarizes Qin government?

a)

It was centralized.

b)

It upheld Confucian ideals

c)

It divided China into rival states.

d)

It relaxed the harsh laws of the Zhou dynasty.

10.

What was one major achievement of Emperor Wudi?

a)

He founded the Han dynasty.

b)

He expanded China to the north and south.

c)

He united China under a Legalist government

d)

He built the great wall of China.

11.

How did Han government differ from the Qin government?

a)

The Han revived Confucian learning suppressed by the Qin.

b)

The Han imposed harsher laws than the Qin.

c)

The Han created a more centralized government than the Qin.

d)

The Han encouraged trade less than the Qin.

12.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

a mountain pass through the Hindu Kush.

b)

a path for ideas from Japan

c)

a road through the silk-weaving province of China

d)

a network of trade routes that crossed Asia

13.

What role did Confucianism play in the civil service?

a)

Only nobles were allowed to apply for the civil service.

b)

Exams were based on the ideas of Confucius.

c)

Civil service exams were open to both men and women.

d)

Only Confucian priests were allowed to enter the civil service.

14.

Han society was bound together by the imperial bureaucracy and

a)

harsh laws.

b)

Confucian values.

c)

strict punishments.

d)

a vast spy network.

15.

In Han China, the majority of people made their living as

a)

farmers.

b)

merchants.

c)

scholar officials.

d)

artisans.

16.

Under the Han, the salt and iron industries were

a)

privately owned.

b)

dominated by foreign merchants.

c)

run as state monopolies.

d)

allowed to fall into ruin.

17.

Which of these would be an example of lacquerware?

a)

a painted box with a protective coating

b)

a scroll covered in calligraphy

c)

a carefully designed garden

d)

a bronze sculpture

18.

Which invention of the Han was called the "wooden ox"?

a)

paper

b)

seismometer

c)

compass

d)

wheelbarrow