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Ancient China

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China?

a)

The climate was more extreme in Outer China.

b)

The roads were more dangerous

c)

The land was smaller estates in Outer China

2.

How did the Huang He most influence settlement near its banks?

a)

flooding dangerously

b)

fertilizing soil

c)

carrying boats

3.

In Inner China, which natural events enriched the soil?

a)

earthquakes

b)

hurricanes

c)

floods

d)

sandstorms

4.

Why is the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau called the “Roof of the World”?

a)

source of several rivers

b)

It had a large roof on it

c)

it was high above sea level

d)

it covers a large area

5.

How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was real and not just a myth?

a)

They learned the language

b)

found artifacts

c)

the read old books

6.

What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?

a)

finding pots and temples

b)

studying the position in which the bodies were laid out

c)

they found food and weapons buried with kings

7.

What have scholars concluded from the large number of wild animal bones found at Shang sites?

a)

They were farmers

b)

they were hunters

c)

they buried animals

d)

they loved animals

8.

For what purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone made from a turtle shell?

a)

advice from ancestors

b)

living in harmony

c)

to read and write

9.

The Zhou dynasty came after which dynasty?

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Zhou dynasty

c)

Han Dynasty

10.

Which of these would Confucius have valued most highly?

a)

respect

b)

loyalty

c)

harmony

d)

rules

11.

What was the Legalist view of human nature?

a)

people were one with nature

b)

people were mostly good

c)

people were selfish

12.

Daoism taught that the only way to find "The Way" was for people to be controlled by many laws and if they broke them to be punished harshly.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Daoists taught that people could gain happiness by

a)

being punished harshly

b)

living in harmony nature

c)

serving in government jobs