Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

China Holt Chapter 7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Chinese culture change during the Period of Disunion?

a)

New types of art because of cultural mixing

b)

War did not allow for things to change

c)

New languages developed

d)

New inventions like the Grand Canal changed commerce

2.

What is not true about Empress Wu?

a)

First and only female emperor of China

b)

Chose advisors based on skill

c)

Came to power after the death of her father

d)

Killed those who challenged her authority

3.

Which is not one of the three main rivers of China?

a)

Huang He

b)

Ganges

c)

Chang Jiang

d)

Mekong

4.

The Grand Canal...

a)

linked northern and southern china

b)

Brought food to the people of the north

c)

Ran alongside of the Great Wall of China

d)

Was built during the Tang Dynasty in 618AD

5.

The main reason the population grew during the Tang and Song Dynasties was...

a)

Chinese farmers learned to grow tea and cotton

b)

The Grand Canal

c)

The government paid families with many children

d)

A new fast ripening rice

6.

What was the most important export during the Tang and Song dynasties?

a)

Rice

b)

Glass

c)

Silk

d)

Wool

7.

Who of the following is not a poet in Chinese history?

a)

Yan Liben

b)

Du Fu

c)

Li Qingzhao

d)

Li Bo

8.

What Chinese invention is this?

a)

Woodblock Printing

b)

Compass

c)

Porcelain

d)

Telescope

9.

Confucius taught about ren and li which are...

a)

5 types of relationships and good government

b)

concern for others and appropriate behavior

c)

good government and good business

d)

love and peace

10.

What is a bureaucracy?

a)

An incentive for those practicing Confucianism

b)

A group of scholar officials

c)

A store selling really nice desks

d)

A group of unelected government officials

11.

A scholar official is...

a)

An intelligent worker for the government who has passed the civil service exam

b)

A family member of a government employee who now has a government job

c)

A teacher at the university who also makes government decisions

d)

A disciple of Confucius who uses his teachings in their government work

12.

How big was the Mongol Empire under Kublai Khan?

a)

Europe to Japan

b)

Eastern Europe to India

c)

Western Europe to Korea

d)

Eastern Europe to Korea

13.

Kublai Khan was the first

a)

Foreign ruler of China

b)

Ruler of the Mongolian Empire

c)

Grandson of Genghis Khan

d)

To rule all of Japan

14.

After conquering China the Mongols had many work projects except...

a)

Roads

b)

Rebuilding the Great Wall of China

c)

Grand Canal

d)

Postal System

15.

What Italian merchant visited China and wrote a journal of his travels?

a)

Ibn Battuta

b)

Cosimo de Medici

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

16.

What ultimately stopped the Mongol Invasion of Japan?

a)

Japanese Samurai

b)

Violent storms

c)

Lack of boats owned by the Mongols

d)

Zhu Yuanzhang and his counter-offensive attacks

17.

What Chinese dynasty followed the Yuan?

a)

Tang

b)

Song

c)

Qing

d)

MIng

18.

Zheng He was famous for his...

a)

building of the Forbidden City

b)

Taking 7 voyages with over 25,000 sailors and 60 boats

c)

Being one of the greatest emperors during the Ming Dynasty

d)

Writing some of China's most famous poetry

19.

What is this?

a)

Forbidden City

b)

Grand Museum of China

c)

Mao Zedong's Tomb

d)

The Summer Palace

20.

In 1430 China began a policy of isolationism which is...

a)

Minimal contact with other countries

b)

Limit trade within China

c)

Scholar Officials beginning to work by themselves

d)

To trade heavily with neighboring countries