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2/28/25 Extra Credit Ancient China

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Label the major bodies of water.

2.

What is the belief that a ruler is chosen by the gods?

a)
Heavenly appointment
b)
Godly choice
c)

Mandate of Heaven

d)
Divine selection
3.
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Match the following

a)

philosophy that teaches people to be respectful and responsible

1.

Confucianism

b)

philosophy that teaches that people are evil and need to be punished

2.

Legalism

c)

philosophy that teaches people to be accepting and live in harmony with nature

3.

Daoism

4.

Under which philosophy did Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi rule China?

a)

Legalism

b)

Taoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Buddhism

5.

Which dynasty was China's first?

a)

Zhou

b)

Shang

c)

Qin

d)

Han

6.

Who were the least respected in Ancient China's social hierarchy?

a)

merchants

b)

artisans

c)

bureaucrats

d)

nobles

7.

What is a bureaucracy?

a)

a person from whom someone is descended

b)

a supreme ruler

c)

appointed officials who help run different parts of the government

d)

the lowest social class in Ancient China

8.

What is the definition of an ancestor?

a)

a royal family

b)

An ancestor is a person from whom one is descended. Usually, it refers to a remote person, rather than the immediate parents or grandparents.

c)

Great Wall of China

d)

a person who is next in line to rule the government

9.

Which statement best aligns with the values of Confucianism?

a)

Belief in the goodness of humanity, following rules, respect for elders, and fairness.

b)

Monasteries and places of worship were built to support the participation of religion.

c)

Worshipped many gods and ancestors, believe everything is one, believed in "chi" energy in the body.

d)

The idea of living or lasting forever.

10.

Due to the physical geography of China, early Chinese civilizations

a)

did not develop in river valleys

b)

were spread over large amounts of land

c)

were isolated from the rest of the world

d)

made few advances in learning

11.

This term means to have multiple rulers from one family:

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Delta

c)

Kemet

d)

Dynasty

12.

What were oracle bones used for?

a)

Cooking

b)

Telling stories

c)

Building the Great Wall of China

d)

Asking for advice from ancestors or gods

13.

What is a set of beliefs about the world and how we live?

a)

philosophy

b)

chaos

c)

calligraphy

d)

standardize

14.

China is on which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

15.

What is the central idea of Daoism?

a)

Duty to community

b)

Living in harmony with nature

c)

Enforcing laws with harsh punishments

d)

Humans are naturally evil

16.

Confucius was a very famous ____________ in Ancient China.

a)

emperor

b)

philosopher

c)

army leader

d)

god

17.

Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Mandate of Heaven

18.

Which river is known as the Chang Jiang in China?

a)

The Yellow River

b)

The Yangtze River

19.

A river in China also known as the Yellow River; flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Dao

b)

Zhou

c)

Shang

d)

Huang He

20.

Why is the Huang He/Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow"?

a)

Hurricane force winds

b)

Tsunamis

c)

Catastrophic Flooding