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1
While leading a group of rebels, who over through the Shang dynasty?
Wu Wang, starting the Zhou dynasty
Cheng Tang, starting the Shang dynasty
Qin Shi Huang, starting the Qin dynasty
Liu Bang, starting the Han dynasty
2
What was China's first dynasty according to archaeology
Zhou
Qin
Han
Shang
3
Chinese civilization started on which river?
Indus
Huang He (Yellow River)
Nile
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
4
The founder of legalism in China is ________
Confucius
Hanfeizi
Wu Wang
Laozi
5
Zhou kings claimed that kings ruled China because they had the
Book of the Dead
zen
Ideographs
Mandate of Heaven
6
Who was the first emperor of China?
Ickey Woods
Alexander Ovechkin
Kelly Slater
Qin Shihuangdi
7
The "Period of the Warring States" refers to
territories of the Zhou Empire fighting over power and land
War between China and India
Battles between China and Japan
Trading silk with Greece
8
What religion began to spread through China after the immediately Han dynasty?
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
9
The main idea of Confucianism is __________
follow the Eightfold path
People should put the needs of family and community first
follow the teachings of Laozi
give up worldly desires
10
Dynasty is defined as ________
the way or the path
a line of rulers from one family
a Chinese philosophy concerned with harmony and nature
the responsibility children have to respect their parents
11
Who thought people were naturally evil and needed strict laws for society to run well
Confucius
Keynes
Laozi
Hanfeizi
12
The "father" of Daoism is _____________
Confucius
the Buddha
Laozi
Siddhartha Gautama
13
The main idea of Legalism is __________
people should put the needs of family and community first
give up worldly desires in favor of nature and the Dao
people are inherently good and can govern themselves
Society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishments
14
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
to keep out nomadic invaders from the Gobi desert out.
to keep the people of the Qin Empire in
15
People in Shang China worshiped
many gods and honored their ancestors
Shang Ti only
nature
the sun god Re
16
Qin China had what kind of philosophy?
Legalist
Confucian
17
Legalism is defined as
a Chinese philosophy that stressed the importance of laws
responsibility to respect, obey and care for parents
"the Way"
A group of people who are at a similar cultural level
18
Ancient Chinese wrote using _____________
cuneiform
pictographs and ideographs
Sanskrit
hieroglyphics
19
The sacred writing of Confucianism is __________
Vedas
the Analects
The Book of the Dead
Hebrew Bible
20
The goal of Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism were what?
to punish people
to make people think
to become famous
to create a well-run and peaceful society
21
Which dynasty took over after the Qin and who was its founder?
the Han founded by Liu Bang
the Zhou founded by Wu Wang
22
Filial Piety means _______________
honor
ancestors
responsibility to obey and care for parents
"the Way" or "the path"
23
The Silk Road was named after what?
the material that the road was made of
India's famous export
China's famous export
24
Who is the "father" of Confucianism?
Gandhi
Buddha
Laozi
Confucius
25
The king in Shang China served as what kind of leader?
knowledgeable, fun, and kind
Political, religious and military
26
Which dynasty ended the "Warring States Period"
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han
27
Most people in Shang China were __________.
warlords
merchants
artisans
farmers
28
Shang art was made using
ivory and jade
all of the above
silk
bronze and clay
29
Because it was so large, the Zhou kingdom was divided into territories run by who?
Artisans
Aristocrats
Merchants
Farmers
30
___ were wealthy but
not
respected members of society. believed to work only for their own gain
merchants
farmers
aristocrats
artisans
31
The main idea of Daoism is __________
Society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment
give up worldly desires in favor of nature and the Dao
put the needs of their family and community first
follow the Eightfold path
32
The two major rivers that flow through China are ___________ and ____________
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
Huang He (Yellow River) and Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)
Amazon and Nile
33
The sacred writings of Daoism are__________
Old Testament
Tao Te Ching
the Analects
The Book of the Dead
34
Three major philosophies which were founded during the warring states period in China were
Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism
Capitalism, Darwinism, and Marxism
35
In Daoism, the word Dao means __________
importance of laws
responsibility to respect, obey and care for parents
"the Way" or "path"
honor
36
The mountain range that separates China from India is ________
Rockies
Alps
Altay
Himalaya
