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ancient China quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

how long is the great wall of china

a)

21,196 kilometers

b)

23,210 kilometers

c)

10,248

d)

30,673

2.

What was one achievement of Ancient China

a)

Writing system

b)

Wheel

c)

plow

d)

I DON'T KNOW!!!

3.

 

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

It stated that kings had rights given to them by gods

b)

A part of Hinduism

c)

A law that gave the poor more money

4.

Was was the Silk Road

a)

trade routes from China across the continent to the Mediterranean Sea connecting the East to Rome

b)

A road made of Silk

c)

A trade Route to United States

5.

What type of religious practice was important during the Shang Dynasty

a)

Respecting and worshiping ancestors

b)

Reading the Analects

c)

Praying to Zeus

6.

What is Confucianism

a)

Way of behaving

b)

A way to cook food

c)

a war strategy

7.

Who started the Qin dynasty?

a)

person

b)

Laozi

c)

Shi Huangdi

d)

Ceaser

8.

 

Who started Daoism/Taoism?

a)

Laozi

b)

Han Solo

c)

Confucius

d)

Shi Hungdi

9.

What type of government did Ancient China have

a)

Dynasty

b)

Polytheism

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

10.

What book outlines Confucianism

a)

The bible

b)

The Torah

c)

The Analects

11.

Who is Shi Huangdi

a)

The first emperor

b)

The lawyer

c)

The king

d)

The queen

12.

 

Some Ancient Chinese inventions are:

a)

pennies, weather and socks

b)

Thermometer and grass

c)

water

d)

silk, kites, and fireworks

13.

what green gemstone was used in carving in ancient china?

a)

Emerald

b)

jade

c)

Peridot

d)

Green Sapphire

14.

what animal did Chinese acquire on the Silk Road and bring from Europe to China?

a)

Horses

b)

cats

c)

dogs

d)

pigs

15.

Where does silk come from

a)

silkworms

b)

cows

c)

regular worms

16.

What Chinese characters represent objects?

a)

Pictographs

b)

Ideographs

c)

Philosophy

17.

What chineses characters represent ideas?

a)

Ideographs

b)

pictographs

c)

Seismograph

18.

Which dynasty is known as China's Golden age?

a)

Zhou dynasty

b)

Qin dynasty

c)

Shang Dynasty

d)

Sui Dynasty

19.

how many people died building the great wall?

a)

400,000 people

b)

200,00 people

c)

120,372 people

d)

548,208 people

20.

what is the national animal of China?

a)

Giant panda

b)

Tiny panda

c)

lions

d)

tigers

21.

True or False: Ancient Chinese built the great wall.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

China is on what continent?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

North America

23.

 

The word ancient means_______

a)

future

b)

last year

c)

present

d)

something old from long ago, in the past

24.

The main river in China is __________. 

a)

Mississippi

b)

James

c)

Rio Grande

d)

Huang He

25.

 ________________________ is a type of cloth invented by the Ancient Chinese. 

a)

Cotton

b)

Jeans

c)

Silk

26.

 

The word architecture means

a)

the design of buildings

b)

making new items

c)

kinds of writing