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WorksheetsAncient China
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 59mins
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 geographic barrier is north of China?
Plateau of Tibet
Sierra Mountains
Sahara Desert
Gobi Desert
What would a ruler have to do to stay in power, according to the Mandate of Heaven?
Win loyalty of warlords.
Rule justly and virtuously.
Impose strict laws to prevent chaos.
Follow the Dao.
What impact did the Silk Road have on China?
In enable the Han to expand Chinese territory.
It allowed the Chinese to learn the process of making silk.
It brought new ideas such as Buddhism into China.
It made travel easier between northern and southern China.
Filial piety is a major feature of which system of thought influential in China?
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Buddhism
Which dynasty lasted the longest in Ancient China?
Qin
Shang
Han
Zhou
What helped predict the future events in Ancient China?
Gods
Astrologist
Priest
Oracle Bones
During which dynasty was the Great Wall of China built?
Xia
Qin
Zhou
Shang
Which dynasty was referred to as the Bronze age where sculptures and weapons were created?
Qin
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Which river valley was central location to start Ancient Chinese civilization?
Lan River Valley
Laozi River Valley
Hei River Valley
Huang He River Valley
Who standardized the writing and built the Great Wall of China?
Liu Bang
Shi Huangdi
Lady Fu Hao
Han Wudi
What religion spread along the silk road?
Daoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Who ruled the Qin dynasty?
Wu Ding
Shi Huangdi
Han Wudi
Liu Bang
Huang He and Chang Jiang
Chang Jiang
Pearl
Euphrates
Which physical features isolated and protected ancient China?
Tibetan Plateau and the China Sea
Himalayan Mountains and Gobi Desert
Yellow Sea and Yangtze River
The Shang dynasty started in what region of China?
Yangtze River Valley
Huang He River Valley
Gobi Desert
Tibetan Plateau
Why did Shang armies have advantages over their enemies?
Size of Army
Well-Trained Military Leaders
Bronze weapons
Gunpowder
What term best describes the religion of the Shang dynasty?
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Ancestral Worship
Nature Worship
What item did Shang kings use to tell the future?
Oracle Bones
Tea Leaves
Tarot Cards
Crystal Ball
Which dynasty took over after the fall of the Shang?
Qin
Han
Zhou
Ming
In the Shang civilization, Anyang was the
chief ruler.
capital city.
royal army.
state religion.
What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?
finding food and weapons buried with kings
figuring out the characters carved into bones
seeing pots used for ceremonies in the temples
studying the position in which bodies were laid out
Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from...
iron.
stone.
bones.
bronze.
How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?
They bought more and more land.
They spent too much on their palaces.
They rarely paid artisans for their work.
They discouraged trade with other regions.
The Zhou political system they developed was called
Democracy.
Oligarchy.
Feudalism.
Communism.
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
A set of laws that were dictated from the gods
The name of a special palace built for the king
A concept that said rulers were given authority to rule from the gods
What the Ancient Chinese called their king
What is the last stage of the Zhou dynasty called by historians?
Warring States Period
Western Zhou
End of Days Period
Fall and Winter Period
The Zhou dynasty fell to which state?
Xia
Qin
Shang
Han
What two signs of the Mandate were viewed as signs that God was losing confidence in their emperor?
natural disasters and other flooding
natural disasters or famines
great crop yields and new crops being planted
The number of times the emperor appeared in public
Which way of governing China did Shi Huangdi use to bring order back to China?
Legalism
Confucianism
Daoism
Qinism
Shi Huangdi created strict ________ and ________.
laws, punishments
rules, imprisonment
codes, honor
What did Qin Shi Huangdi have created for him so he could rule in his afterlife?
Terracotta army
Great Wall
Shaolin Temple
Pyramid
Qin Shi Huangdi buried 460 scholars alive for disobeying his rules.
True
False
What is one way that Shi Huangdi tried to censor the thoughts of Chinese people?
He started construction on a Great Wall.
He ordered the burning of all books that did not support his policies.
He developed a standardized currency.
Who was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Bang
Wudi
Shi Huangdi
Confucius
The Han Dynasty established their form of government based on the beliefs of __________.
Confucianism
Legalism
Daoism
Buddhism
During the Han Dynasty the production of this substance increased.
silk
fur
cotton
gold
This is the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain.
fasting
meditation
acupuncture
vaccinations
This is a device that measures the strength of an earthquake and was invented during the Han Dynasty.
seismograph
pictograph
sundial
acupuncture
What linked China with the Middle East and Rome?
The Great Wall of China
rivers
trade routes, like The Silk Road
oceans
Which religion came to China from India and gained many followers?
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
Judaism
This was a 4,000 mile-long network of trade routes that stretched from China to Rome.
Himalayan Mountains
The Silk Road
The Great Wall of China
The China Road
