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WorksheetsAncient China Quiz
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 47mins
What are oracle bones used for in ancient China?
A series of walls made by stone along the northern borders of China.
A cereal crop - Farmers relied on rainfall to produce.
Pieces of turtle shell to try and predict future events by supernatural means.
A process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures.
What does the term "dynasty" refer to?
A massive collection of clay sculptures representing the army of Qin Shi Huang.
A sequence of rulers from the same family.
The highest class in a society, often born into the class.
The idea that humans are evil by nature and it is necessary to use harsh laws and punishments.
What is the Great Wall?
A cereal crop - Farmers relied on rainfall to produce.
A process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures.
A series of walls made by stone along the northern borders of China.
A collection of ideas and sayings attributed by the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
What is Legalism?
What is bronze casting?
A cereal crop - Farmers relied on rainfall to produce.
A process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures.
A series of walls made by stone along the northern borders of China.
A collection of ideas and sayings attributed by the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
The Terracotta Army is associated with which figure in Chinese history?
Confucius
Qin Shi Huang
The Zhou dynasty
The Shang dynasty
What was the primary purpose of the Great Wall of China?
To serve as a trade route along the Silk Road.
To stop the nomads from invading China.
To mark the territory of the Chinese empire.
To commemorate the emperors of China.
The Zhou dynasty is often referred to as China's _________.
"Golden Age"
"Age of Bronze"
"Time of Legalism"
"Period of Warring States"
What is known as the process where liquid bronze is poured over tightly packed clay molds?
Millet cultivation
Bronze casting
Oracle reading
Legalistic practice
What is the process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures?
Terracotta Army
Oracle bones
Legalism
Bronze casting
Which term refers to a massive collection of clay sculptures representing the army of Qin Shi Huang?
Great Wall
Legalism
Terracotta Army
Analects
What was the Great Wall of China designed to stop?
Mongols / northern invaders
Hazards/dangers/robbers/bad weather
Golden Age
Bronze Age
The Zhou dynasty is often referred to as China's what?
Golden Age
Bronze Age
Terracotta Age
Legalism Age
What does the term "dynasty" refer to?
A process used in ancient times to create bronze sculptures
A collection of ideas and sayings attributed by the Chinese philosopher Confucius
A sequence of rulers from the same family
The highest class in a society, often born into the class
What is the term for the highest class in a society, often born into the class?
Legalism
Oracle bones
Aristocracy
Analects
Which dynasty marked the end of primitive society and the beginning of dynasties in China?
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
What was a significant cultural impact of the Silk Road on China?
It led to the isolation of China from other cultures.
It resulted in the discovery of new regions and the spread of Buddhist movements.
It caused the decline of trade and cultural exchanges.
It introduced a new political system in China.
Besides products, what else was exchanged on the Silk Road?
Only food items and spices were exchanged.
Only silk and porcelain were exchanged.
Useful information and culture were exchanged.
Only precious metals and stones were exchanged.
How were goods commonly transported along the Silk Road?
By sea using ships and boats.
Using wheeled carts pulled by oxen.
In groups called 'caravans', often using animals like camels.
Through pipelines.
What was a common occurrence when transitioning from one dynasty to another in ancient China?
Dynasties would peacefully hand over power
Dynasties would often co-rule
Rulers would often overthrow each other
Dynasties would merge to form larger empires
What happened during periods when there was not a dynasty ruling in ancient China?
The country was always peaceful and prosperous
China was ruled by foreign powers
China was ruled by smaller regions by different groups
The entire region would be in a state of anarchy
What Chinese philosophy says people should live in harmony with nature?
Legalism
Buddhism
Daoism
Christianity
10. Which of the following is one of China's great rivers?
The Nile River
The Huang He River
The Indus River
The Tigris River
9. Who were the Terracotta soldiers?
Soldiers that worked in the great wall of China
Soldiers that were created out of clay to guard the emperor's tomb
Soldiers that were sent out to defend trade in the silk road
Soldiers who were in charge of burning all the books in the empire
7. Which of the following is related to Confucianism?
The Art of War
Ying Yang
Meritocracy
The Analects
1. The existence of the Xia dynasty is disputed because
There is not enough archaeological evidence
There was no real emperor
It did exist ... what are you talking about
None of the above
What is a dynasty?
The home of the emporer and his family
The center of town where all trade takes place
The religion followed by the majority of the Chinese
A line of rulers for a country that are from the same family
