Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Huang He valley | f. | Daoism | b. | Qin dynasty achievement | g. | Hanfeizi | c. | Confucianism | h. | Gobi | d. | Oracle Bones | i. | Han Gaozu | e. | Han
Wudi | j. | Buddhism |
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taught that if each person does his or her duty, society as a whole will do
well
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stopped many harsh Qin practices
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a cold, rocky desert east of the Kunlun Shan and Tian Shan Mountains
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He thought that humans were naturally evil.
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site of the first Chinese civilizations
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wanted the best minds to work in government
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first examples of written Chinese language
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canal from Chang Jiang River to Guangzhou used to supply troops
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promoted a peaceful society
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helped people deal with stress and fear of unstable government
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Shang dynasty | f. | filial piety | b. | Silk Road | g. | censors | c. | Legalism | h. | Han Wudi | d. | Huang He River | i. | Qin Shihuangdi | e. | Great
Wall | j. | Confucius |
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flows from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean
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Qin built and extended it to keep out the Xiongnu.
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ruled over the Huang He valley
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a network of trade routes that extended from China to southwest Asia
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punished or killed anyone who opposed him
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taught that people needed harsh laws and punishment to make them live
rightly
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drove the Xiongnu back into the Gobi Desert
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made sure that government officials did their jobs
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taught that people should put family and community needs above their
own
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practice that requires children to respect their parents and older
relatives
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Ancient Chinese believed their gods needed ____ to keep them happy.
a. | offerings of food | c. | offerings of money | b. | blood sacrifices | d. | offerings of pictures of
food |
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These Chinese inventions allowed soldiers to fight on horseback.
a. | block and tackle | c. | rack and pinion | b. | taps and dies | d. | saddle and
stirrups |
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These people pay their rent by giving the landlord a portion of their
crops.
a. | tenant farmers | c. | subsistence farmer | b. | all farmers | d. | none of these |
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Acupuncture is an example of Chinese
a. | cooking. | c. | theater. | b. | medicine. | d. | art. |
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The Shang made this the first capital city.
a. | Anahuac | c. | Anyang | b. | Beijing | d. | Gobi |
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This emperor based his rule on the ideas of legalism.
a. | Qin Shihuangdi | c. | Wu Wudi | b. | Kunlun Shan | d. | Tian Shan |
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This philosophy taught that people should give up worldly desires.
a. | Legalism | c. | Shamanism | b. | Confucianism | d. | Daoism |
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The best-known Shang art form is
a. | pottery. | c. | dance. | b. | calligraphy. | d. | bronze casting. |
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____ taught that people need a strong ruler to maintain order.
a. | Daoism | c. | Buddhism | b. | Legalism | d. | none of these |
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The Zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule.
a. | Divine Right of Kings | c. | popular mandate | b. | Mandate of Heaven | d. | none of these |
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A Chinese family was usually headed by the
a. | oldest relative. | c. | oldest woman. | b. | strongest man. | d. | oldest man. |
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This was a period of violence that made people look for ways to restore
order.
a. | monsoon floods | c. | the apocalypse | b. | the Period of Warring
States | d. | Shang
dynasty |
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Which of these were sent out of China by the Silk Road?
a. | salt and iron | c. | milk and rice | b. | silk, tea, and spices | d. | all of these |
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How much of China’s land is good for farming?
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Which of these is a Chinese invention?
a. | acupuncture | c. | automobile | b. | cravat | d. | candles |
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Wu Wang led a rebellion against them because they were so cruel.
a. | Xia dynasty | c. | Zhou dynasty | b. | Shang dynasty | d. | Qin dynasty |
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Zhang Qian went to explore west of China. He brought back stories of
a. | the Trojan War. | c. | unicorns. | b. | Greece. | d. | the Roman
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Military leaders with their own armies are called
a. | generals. | c. | warlords. | b. | henchmen. | d. | vassals. |
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Who was the founder of Daoism whose name means “the Old
Master”?
a. | Laozi | c. | Hanfeizi | b. | Wu Wang | d. | Wu Wudi |
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If the king was bad, and brought bad fortune on his kingdom, the people
could
a. | elect someone else. | c. | kill him. | b. | do nothing. | d. | overthrow him. |
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Essay
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What preparation did young men make for taking the civil service test during the
Han dynasty?
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Why did farmers sell their lands to aristocrats and become tenant
farmers?
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Most men failed the civil service tests given by the Han dynasty. If a young man
did not pass, what could he do?
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What important feature do Confucianism and filial piety share?
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