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WorksheetsAncient China
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Mountain Range that is located on the southern border of China.
The Andes
The Himalayas
The Rockies
The Alps
The river that is called "the cradle of Chinese civilization?"
The Nile
The Tigris
The Euphrates
The Yellow River (Huang He)
The longest river in China, considered an important part of the cultural origins of southern China?
Yellow (Huang He)
The Nile
The Yangtze River
The Euphrates
The series of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of China to the Mediterranean Sea?
The China Trail
The Silk Road
The Amber Road
The Trans-Saharan Trade Route
The names of a series of fortifications built along the northern borders of China to protect the Chinese Empire from invaders?
China/India Barrier
Ceuta Border Fence
The Berlin Wall
The Great Wall of China
The desert in China where archeologists and paleontologists have found many fossils and stone implements?
The Sahara
The Gobi
Taklimakan Desert
Jaran Desert
Who has the term for rebirth into new bodies or forms of life?
reincarnation
reborn
regeneration
revival
The principle that each person is rewarded or punished in reincarnation according to that person's deed in their previous incarnation?
Dharma
Vihara
karma
bodhisatta
The religion largely based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?
Hinduism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Confucianism
The Chinese philosophy that emphasized morality, justice, dignity, and sincerity?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Jainism
The Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu that stresses living simply and in harmony with nature?
Confucianism
Jainism
Taoism
Hinduism
The Chinese dynasty whose society made key advances in bronze working and written language?
The Xin Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty
The Wu Zhou Dynasty
The longest lasting dynasty in Chinese History?
The Xin Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty
The term for the decentralized system of government comparable to the system used during the Zhou dynasty?
Feudalism
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
The emperor who united China and greatly expanded the size of the chinese state?
Wu of Han
Qin Shi Huang
Genghis Khan
Taizong of Tang
The term for a person who is involved in running a government, but is not elected?
vizier
appointee
bureaucrat
advisor
The Chinese dynasty that placed central government in the hands of highly educated bureaucrats?
The Shang Dynasty
The Xin Dynasty
The Han Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty
The term for a system of government in which supreme power is in the hands of one individual?
Bureaucracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Theocracy
The Chinese philosophy that advocated strct legal control over all activities along with an absolute monarchy?
Confucianism
Legalism
Hinduism
Buddhism
The legendary ruler in China kown for his introduction of flood control?
Yu the Great
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
What is thought to be the earliest known Chinese dynasty?
The Shang dynasty
The Zhou dynasty
The Tang dynasty
The Xia dynasty
The Chinese philosopher who emphasized personal and governmental morality?
Tao
Siddhartha
Confucius
Buddha
The term used for the collection of Confucius's saying and ideas, transcribed by his followers?
The Analects
The Tao
The Vedas
The Bhagavad Gita
The Chinese philosopher and poet known for beig the founder of the philosophy of Taoism?
Confucious
Buddha
Genghis Khan
Lao Tzu
The term for the period in Chinese history from approximately 771 to 476 BCE?
The Reformation
The Spring and Summer period
Prehistory
The Bronze Age
The first Dynasty to unify China?
The Qin Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty
The Zhou Dynasty
The Xia Dynasty
