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RVC - China

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a shared characteristic between Egypt and China?

a)

They both developed along rivers

b)

Ruled by pharaohs

c)

Were monotheistic

d)

Used the 10 Commandments

2.

Which of the following does NOT describe the Paleolithic period?

a)

People were hunter/gatherers

b)

Agriculture surpluses sustained communities

c)

People had a nomadic lifestyle

d)

The Old Stone Age

3.

Most early civilizations had polytheistic religions. Polytheism is the belief in--

a)

one god

b)

more than one god

c)

priest leadership

d)

worshiping the environment

4.

What best describes the government in early Chinese civilization?

a)

Dynasty -- rulers were from the same family

b)

Code of Hammurabi -- a strict set of laws

c)

Oligarchy -- Several groups shared power

d)

Democracy -- government by the people

5.

When people have one specific job, rather than everyone having the same job

a)

polytheistic

b)

monotheistic

c)

domesticate

d)

specialization

6.

To tame or control a plant or animal so it can be used to benefit humans

a)

polytheistic

b)

monotheistic

c)

domesticate

d)

specialization

7.

How did the geography of China help against invaders?

a)

China's mountains kept it isolated

b)

China's Oceans kept it isolated

c)

China's deserts kept it isolated

d)

All of the above

8.

What type of craft did the Chinese master that gave them an advantage in battle, and they also used it as their form of money?

a)

Bronze

b)

Gold

c)

Silver

d)

Tin

9.

What two water sources help the Chinese River Valley Civilization thrive?

a)

Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

b)

Nile and Amazon Rivers

c)

The Red River and Mississippi

d)

The Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze Rivers

10.

What is the mandate of Heaven?

a)

Divine approval of the ruler. A Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China.

b)

This was the Chinese belief system that people with good Karma would go to Heaven in the afterlife.

c)

Both answer are true.

d)

None of the answers are true.

11.

What kind of writing did the Chinese use?

a)

Pictographic

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

None of the above

12.

Name three important values of Shang culture?

a)

The Shang valued the group over the individual

b)

respect for parents

c)

respect for the family and ancestors

d)

focus on reading and writing.

e)

All of the above