Download China Pre-Test

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Most of China is covered in ____________.
Mountains and rivers
Plains and rivers
Deserts and mountains
Plains and lakes
2. What was not a high priced good that the Chinese
traded?
a) Silk
b) Flowers
c) Spices
d) Porcelain
3. What was the name of the trading system started in
ancient China that spread 4,000 miles from western
China to southwest Asia?
a) Silk Highway
b) Silk Road
c) Shang Road
d) Han Route
4. Who was China’s first great thinker and teacher who
wanted to bring peace to China?
a) Laozi
b) Confucius
c) Qin
d) Hanfeizi
5. Who did Emperor Qin force to build the Great Wall of
China?
a) Landowning aristocrats
b) Peasant farmers
c) Merchants
d) Women
6. The Chinese had __________ to spread religion,
increase their population, get free labor/ help on the
farm.
a) Many animals
b) Small families
c) Big families
d) Tools
7. The Chinese had to sell their land back to the aristocrats
and became even more poor because they
______________.
a) Spent their money too quickly.
b) Ate too much food.
c) Had too many animals.
d) Had families that were too large.
8. Who did Qin and the city hope to keep out by building
the Great Wall of China?
a) Ancestors and spirits
b) Mother-in-laws
c) Enemies and nomads
9. Over centuries, farmers learned to cut __________- flat
areas, like a series of deep steps- into the mountain
slopes.
a) Gardens
b) Terraces
c) Trays
10.
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b)
c)
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The Shang were best known for their work with ______.
Silver
Pottery
Steel
Bronze
11. What did the Chinese write on beginning during the Han
dynasty?
a) Paper
b) Papyrus
c) Stone
d) Clay
12.
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b)
c)
If you disobeyed Emperor Qin he would _________.
Send you to jail
Have you killed
Make you a slave
13. Who was the head of the family in the Chinese
household?
a) The dog
b) The male
c) The female
d) The eldest male
14. According to Zhou rulers, a law from their higher
powers gave the king the power to rule. It meant that
the king was chosen and would lead the people with
goodness and wisdom. This rule is called __________.
a) The Dao
b) Power of the Crown
c) Mandate of Heaven
15. _______ says people should seek inner peace and live in
harmony with nature.
a) Daoism
b) Legalism
c) Confucianism
16. Confucius believed each person owed a duty to another
person.
a) True b) False