WorksheetsAncient China Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many mountain ranges surround China?
1
2
3
4
What two deserts serve as natural barriers to China
Sahara and Namib
Arabian
Mojave and Chihuahuan
Taklimakan and Gobi
Which of these is not a river in China
Yangtze
Huang He
Nile
Xia Jang
Why is the Xia Dynasty a myth?
There is no textual evidence from their time period
There is no archaeological evidence from their time period
We do not know what happened to them
The Xia did not exist
What is the first real dynasty of China?
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Qin
What are Oracle Bones?
Evidence of the Shang's spiritual belief
Questions written on ox bone or turtle shell
A way to predict the future.
All of the Above
The Zhou dynasty lasted from _______?
2070 BC - 1700 BC
1600 BC - 1050 BC
1050 BC - 256 BC
441 BC - 221 BC
The period from 770 BC - 222 BC when Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism were developed.
The Hundred Schools of Thought
The Warring States Period
The Qin Dynasty
The Mandate of Heaven
The Confucian belief that the emperor was granted the right to rule by heaven and if an emperor no longer had the right to rule, they could be removed by rebellion.
Rights of Heaven
Divine Right
Mandate of Heaven
The Riot Act
What is the Warring States Period?
A period of peace and reform in China
A period of frequent fighting between various war lords and kingdoms
A period of revolution and government change
The total collapse of the dynastic cycle and movement to modern government structures
Who is Ying Zheng?
Emperor during the Zheng dynasty
Philosopher who developed Confucianism
The King of Qin, defeated the war lords and gained control over China.
Emperor from the Disney movie Mulan
What is not true about the Great Wall of China
Construction began during the Warring States Period
It was built during the Qin Dynasty
The Wall was added to during the Ming Dynasty
It can be seen from space
What is Legalism?
The idea that people were basically selfish and could only live under strict laws.
The belief in a hierarchical system of family value that is the basis of respect values in China today
The belief that Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are inalienable rights of every human being
The belief that all things must live in harmony and there are dark and light forces throughout everything
How did Qin Shi Huang die?
He was assassinted
He drowned while out to sea
He drink mercury to make him immortal
He died of natural causes
What did Chinese people actually call "China"
China
Middle Earth
The Middle Kingdom
The Old Kingdom
What dynasty came after the Qin dynasty?
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Han
What are granaries?
Where grain is grown
Where the government stored surplus food to prevent food shortages.
Government buildings where weapons were stored
Stations along the Great Wall of China
Pax Sinica
A period of Chinese peace
A period of Chinese civil unrest
A period of Chinese reform
A period of Chinese expansion
What is false about the Silk Road
Stops the spread of ideas, art, and cultures
There are Several land and water routes
Helped connect economies
lasted from 120 BC to 1450 AD
What led to the collapse of the Han dynasty?
Invasion from the Mongols
Economic collapse
Weak Rulers
Rebellion from the loss of the Mandate of Heaven
