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China Study Guide
Mrs. M. Brown
According to the Mandate of Heaven,
leaders were selected and allowed to rule
as long as _______.
A. everyone agreed with the rules C
B. nobles were in charge
C. leaders acted and ruled with virtue
Who was the most influential teacher in
Chinese history?
A. Siddhartha Gautama
B. Shi Huangdi
C. Confucius
C
How was Liu Bang different from all of the
Chinese leaders before him?
A. He served as ruler without the Mandate
of Heaven
B. He was the only commoner to become
emperor
C. he was the first student of Confucius to
become emperor
B
The Shang period influenced ________ in
China today.
A. government
B. farming
C. irrigation
D. writing
D
The spread of ideas from one culture to
another
A
A. cultural diffusion
B. trade
C. pictographs
The Shang people were the first to develop
__________.
A. metal tools
B. domestication
C. a writing system
C
Zhou leaders granted land in return for
loyalty and military support. Why?
A. to encourage everyone to get along
B. to purchase people’s loyalty and support
C. to share the wealth for the good of the
people
B
_________ is the name of the time when
China was in chaos (confusion)
A. Warring States Period
B. Xia Dynasty
C. Golden Age
A
What was the effect on China because of the
popularity of silk in Rome?
A. They stopped fighting each other
B. They stopped trading
C
C. They became wealthy
A hard gemstone
A. jade
B. lord
C. wheelbarrow
Chinese painters became experts at
______ during the Han dynasty.
A
B
A. making paper
B. painting figures
C. drawing shapes
D. acupuncture
Confucius said that moral leadership, not laws,
would bring order to China. What does this
mean?
A. laws should be made to require people to act
decently
B. leaders should act decently and try to do the
right thing
C. people who become leaders should disregard
the laws of China
B
A person of high rank
A. oracle
B. peasant C. lord C
A 4,000 mile long trade route
A
A. Silk Road B. Persian Way C. Silk Trail
What is the most appropriate response to, “The
Qin Dynasty was bad for China”?
A. “This is true because the people really disliked
Shi Huangdi.”
B. “This is true because the dynasty divided and
weakened China.”
C. “This is incorrect because the dynasty C
strengthened and unified China.”
TRUE OR FALSE?
Land ownership was an important part of Zhou
politics
TRUE
A person with a small farm
A. lord
B. noble
C. peasant
C
What did Han artwork show?
A. gods and myths
B
B. daily activities
C. emperors
The Qin king who unified China
A. Confucius
B. Shi Huangdi
B
C. Huang He
TRUE OR FALSE
According to ancient tales, cooperation was
important during the Xia dynasty
TRUE
What natural feature
formed the southern
border of China?
Himalaya Mountains
What direction is
Taiwan from China?
WEST
What natural feature
is north from China?
Gobi Desert
Essay Question: Why was Shi
Huangdi GOOD for China?
Where would these
artifacts have
been found?
ChinaShi Huangdi’s tomb
Unified the country=
made them feel like a
country
Standardized laws,
money, weights and
measures
Built roads for easier
travel
Added to the Great
Wall for protection
Built irrigation
systems to bring water
to all parts of China =
more food