WorksheetsAncient China
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
This term means to have multiple rulers from one family:
Pharaoh
Delta
Kemet
Dynasty
To protect the empire from Northern invaders
Which river is called "China's sorrow"?
Yellow River (Huang He)
The Yangtze River
Xi Jiang
Tigris River
What did Qin promote by standardizing weights and measures?
trade
the Silk Road
legalism
education
What are some things Qin Shihuangdi did that made him a hero? (select all correct answers)
forced labor
standardized money
killed Confucian scholars
built Great Wall to protect people
standardized language and writing
Which religion spread from India to China because of the Silk Road?
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Which of these is the BEST definition of the Silk Road?
a road upon which traders traveled
the exchange of goods, ideas, and knowledge across cultures
a 4,000+ mile network of trade routes across Asia
a road upon which Silk was traded
On which continent is China located?
Australia
India
Asia
Antarctica
Also known as the Yellow River, it stretches for nearly 3,000 miles across northern China. The river often floods, and the floods leave behind layers of silt on the surrounding countryside. Because these floods can be very destructive, the river is sometimes called China’s Sorrow.
Chang Jiang
Huang He
Wong River
Cuòwù de River
A person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king. They paid taxes and provided soldiers to the king as needed. They were known as the?
Lords or Nobles
Peasants
Monarchs
Fiefs
He had the title which means “first emperor.” He followed Legalist political beliefs. He created a strong government with strict laws and harsh punishments. He created Standard laws, writing system, money, and weights throughout China and built the Great Wall across northern China. He was called?
Chan Jiang
Huang He
Yakamoto
Shi Huangdi
Shi Huangdi wanted to protect the country from invasion. Nomads from the north were fierce warriors, and they were a real threat to China. Hoping to stop them from invading, the emperor built something. It eventually became 21 feet high, 21 feet wide and over 5,500 miles long. Building this required years of labor from hundreds of thousands of workers. Many of them died building it. It is known as the__________________of China?
Great Fortress
Great Gate
Great Wall
Great structure
Thermometer
Papyrus
Shang, Daoming, Si, Han
Shoguan, Qin, Han, Shang
What benefit did standardized currency (money) bring to China?
It made it easier to trade anywhere in the empire.
It reduced the economic power of the warlords.
It increased wealth for all citizens.
It allowed the government to collect taxes.
What did Chinese money look like? (Fabian N.)
It was in paper and orange
They are coins with holes
They don't have money
It was red coins
what is a tool used to detect earthquakes called?
chaos
oracle bone
acupuncture
seismometer
What is a set of beliefs about the world and how we live?
philosophy
chaos
calligraphy
standardize
Which of these men would most likely be hired as a civil servant for the Han bureaucracy?
one who did well on the exam
one who was born in the capital
one who had an important family
one who inherited a lot of money
A cow or sheep bone that would be used to determine the next emperor.
An animal bone or turtle shell used by the Shang kings of China to communicate with the gods to predict the future.
What is a philosophy?
the true meaning of life
when historians uncover oracle bones
the study of ancient China
an investigation of the basic truths about the universe, based on logical reasoning
China's civilization developed between which two rivers?
Yin and Yang
Chang Jiang and Yangtze
Shang and Zhou
Huang He (Yellow River) and Yangtze (Long River)
Which of the following was meant to protact Shi Huangdo in death?
the Great Wall of China
Confucian scholars
an army of terra cotta warriors
canals and irrigation systems
During which time period did rulers first apply Confucian ideas about fairness and learning?
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han
What was the main form of agriculture on the steppes north of the Huang Valley?
growing rice and other grains
raising horses
herding sheep and cattle
cultivating fruits
Loess created problems for the Huang Valley farmers because it _______.
poisoned the water
soaked up all the rainwater
clogged irrigation ditches
left fine silt on the fields
What is a levee?
a machine that detects earthquakes
a wall that keeps a river within its banks
dry, treeless plain
dusty, yellow soil
What is erosion?
dry, treeless plain
wall that keeps a river within its bank
wearing away of soil
dusty, yellow soil
What is a province?
rich, powerful relatives of the king
dry, treeless plain
wall that keeps a river within its banks
political division of land in the empire
Which statement is true about ancient civilizations like Ancient China and Ancient Egypt?
ancient people across civilizations did not appreciate the arts
the rulers of ancient civilizations were buried in pyramids
the rulers of ancient civilizations appeared modest or humble in death
ancient people across civilizations believed in preparing for life after death
How was the development of Chinese culture along the Huang He similar to that of ancient Egypt?
both developed in a river valley that flooded the land and made it rich
both experienced constant invasions by foreign groups of people
both developed a writing system based hieroglyphics
both developed a system of writing based on the phonemic alphabet
What is culture?
A shared way of life between a family
People moving from one place to another
shared language, religion, traditions, and values
Which of these was an advantage most early farming communities had over nomadic communities?
availability of permanent shelter
less need for rules and regulations
smaller population size
more opportunities to explore new lands
What is loess?
a fine, dusty yellow soil
a wall to protect against river floods
a dusty red soil that turns the river pink
a type of fertilizer used by ancient Chinese farmers
