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WorksheetsRiver Valley Civilizations: China
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
China’s first civilization develop along the ____
a)
Huang He River
b)
Indus River
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
China Sea
2.
What is loess?
a)
silt that settles on a hilltop
b)
a grass-covered plain
c)
a dry wind from the Gobi
d)
a fine, dustlike material
3.
By the end of the Shang dynasty, the Chinese had developed a form of writing in which each character represented a __________
a)
sound
b)
letter
c)
syllable
d)
word or idea
4.
How were oracle bones used?
a)
to predict the future
b)
to teach students how to write
c)
to record laws and official decrees
d)
to pass down dynastic history
5.
Pictures representing words or ideas were use as the earliest form of which Building Block of Civilizations
a)
Belief system
b)
Bodies of Water
c)
Government
d)
Writing System
6.
Zhou rulers claimed that they had won the Mandate of Heaven because they
a)
defeated the Old Kingdom
b)
brought the Warring States period to an end.
c)
were victorious over the Shang dynasty.
d)
were chosen as rulers by Shang priests.
7.
“Son of Heaven” was a name given to
a)
First rulers in China
b)
the most powerful warlord.
c)
the father of a family.
d)
the ruler of China.
e)
an influential Zhou thinker.
8.
During the Warring State Period these leaders were military rulers
a)
He killed all the nobles.
b)
He destroyed all traces of Shang culture.
c)
He shared power with warlords.
d)
Warlord
9.
_____ made ancestor worship extremely important
a)
Filial Piety
b)
Confucianism
c)
the start of the dynastic cycle.
d)
the growth of new cities.
10.
An ancient Chinese philosophy stating that a strong leader and a strong legal system, not moral values, are needed to create social order
a)
Daoism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Legalism
11.
A philosophy of following the Dao, that is, the natural way of the universe
a)
Daoism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Legalism
12.
A belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius
a)
Daoism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Legalism
13.
According to Laozi, what is the Dao?
a)
Ying & Yang
b)
the home of the heavenly spirits
c)
respect for authority
d)
the natural way of the universe
e)
reverence for ancestors
14.
Which spirits were most important to the ancient Chinese?
a)
spirits of one’s ancestors
b)
evil spirits who controlled the crops
c)
spirits found in the natural world
d)
spirits representing the Mandate of Heaven
15.
What philosopher who helped shape Chinese thought is known as the “First Teacher”?
a)
Laozi
b)
the Zhou emperor
c)
Confucius
d)
Mencius
16.
According to Daoism, the symbols of yin and yang represent the ideal of
a)
perfection
b)
authority.
c)
good government.
d)
balance.
17.
Who was the first emperor of united China?
a)
Yu The Great
b)
Shang Yang
c)
Confucius
d)
Shi Huangdi
18.
What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
a)
to separate warring states
b)
to keep out Mongolians
c)
to standardize Chinese roads
d)
to make trade and transportation easier
19.
How was transportation standardized under the Qin?
a)
Roads were the same width.
b)
Carriages were the same height.
c)
Everyone paid the same road tax.
d)
Axles of carriages were the same length.
20.
Which of these phrases BEST summarizes Legalism?
a)
Harsh laws are needed to keep order in society.
b)
Moral values are the key to social order.
c)
Citizens are capable of governing themselves.
d)
people leads to a strong society.
21.
_____ is to ban dangerous or offensive ideas, or remove material from published works or prevent its publication
a)
Prohabition
b)
Censorship
c)
Orderliness
d)
The Great Wall
22.
Our Postal Workers and Teachers provide _______ _____
a)
Civil Service
b)
Service People
c)
Government Workers
d)
Workers of Service Providing
23.
What was the Silk Road? Select ALL possible answers!
a)
Connected China to the Europe
b)
a mountain pass through the Hindu Kush
c)
a path for ideas from Japan
d)
a road through the silk-weaving province of China
e)
a network of trade routes that crossed Asia
24.
The advancement from stone tools to iron tools fits within this Building Block
a)
Body of Water
b)
Government
c)
Economy
d)
Specialization
e)
Technology
25.
Author Ban Zhao, one of the few educated women in Ancient China, fits within this Building Block
a)
Body of Water
b)
Social Order
c)
Economy
d)
Writing
26.
Liu Bang, a peasant who rose to be the Emperor of China fits within this Building Block
a)
Government
b)
Social Order
c)
Economy
d)
System of Belief
27.
Ancient Chinese government had ___________ on silk
a)
Monopoly
b)
Capitalism
c)
Ownership
d)
Silk Business
28.
What role did Confucianism play in the civil service?
a)
Only nobles were allowed to apply for the civil service.
b)
Exams were based on the ideas of Confucius.
c)
Civil service exams were open to both men and women.
d)
Only Confucian priests were allowed to enter the civil service.
29.
Han society was bound together by the imperial bureaucracy and _________ ______
a)
harsh laws.
b)
Confucian values.
c)
strict punishments.
d)
a vast spy network.
30.
In Han China, the majority of people made their living as
a)
farmers.
b)
merchants.
c)
scholar officials.
d)
artisans.
31.
Art of beautiful writing
a)
Pictographs
b)
Oracle Bones
c)
Calligraphy
d)
Symbols
32.
Which invention of the Han was called the “wooden ox”?
a)
paper
b)
seismometer
c)
compass
d)
wheelbarrow
33.
A tool to measure earthquakes
a)
paper
b)
seismometer
c)
compass
d)
wheelbarrow
e)
34.
Identify Mongolia
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
35.
Identify China
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
36.
Identify South Korea
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
37.
Identify North Korea
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
38.
Identify Japan
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
39.
Identify Taiwan
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
e)
e
40.
Identify the Gobi desert
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
e)
E
41.
Identify the Great Wall of China
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
e)
E
42.
Identify the Yanzi River
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
e)
E
43.
Identify the Pacific Ocean
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
e)
E
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