Thursday Quiz!

Question 1

Which of the following do we have because of The Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

We have all of these things because of The Silk Road

Question 2

What religion did the Shang Dynasty practice?

Accepted Answer

Ancestral worship

Question 3

What mountain range does Mt. Saint Helens belong to?

Accepted Answer

The Cascade Range

Question 4

Which lines run west to east across the globe's surface?

Accepted Answer

Latitudinal lines

Question 5

How did merchants travel on the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

In caravans

Question 6

Why was paper originally invented by the Chinese?

Accepted Answer

For playing cards

Question 7

What is the difference between a bay and a gulf?

Accepted Answer

A gulf is bigger and open wider than a bay

Question 8

Slaves during the Shang Dynasty were which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Prisoners of war

Question 9

Why is the Yellow River called the Yellow River?

Accepted Answer

Because it is the color of the sediment at the bottom of the river

Question 10

What major mountain range runs through Asia?

Accepted Answer

The Himalayas

Question 11

The Silk Road was only a land route

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

People of the Hindu faith believe which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Their soul will one day be reunited with the supreme soul

Question 13

Which of the following were NOT invented in Ancient China?

Accepted Answer

Ink

Question 14

What is the lowest level of the Caste System?

Accepted Answer

The Untouchables

Question 15

People of the Hindu belief system believe in a cycle of life, death, and reincarnation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What was the book of Confucius&#x27; teachings called?

Accepted Answer

The Analects

Question 17

The common name for the Huang He River is the Yellow River

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which lines run north to south across the globe?

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal lines

Question 19

Why was gunpowder originally invented by the Chinese?

Accepted Answer

For fireworks

Question 20

Legalism had the greatest influence in the government of China

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What major river other than the Yellow River is located in China?

Accepted Answer

The Yangtze River

Question 22

What kind of map would show elevation of mountain peaks?

Accepted Answer

Physical Map

Question 23

What plateau was known as "The Roof of the World?"

Accepted Answer

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Question 24

What U.S. State is a peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 25

What does a Political Map show?

Accepted Answer

The borders of countries, states, and counties in an area

Question 26

What is the difference between a plateau and a mesa?

Accepted Answer

There&#x27;s no difference - they&#x27;re the same thing

Question 27

Someone&#x27;s culture is based only on the country that they&#x27;re from

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What is the largest continent on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 29

Why aren&#x27;t flat maps accurate?

Accepted Answer

Because the Earth isn&#x27;t flat

Question 30

Which of the following is a country that traded on the East side of The Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 31

How did Confucius&#x27; teachings become embedded in Chinese society?

Accepted Answer

Civil servant exams during the Han Dynasty

Question 32

In the Shang Dynasty, people didn&#x27;t own slaves

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

What degree of longitude is the Prime Meridian located at?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 34

What does a missionary do?

Accepted Answer

They try to convert people to their religion

Question 35

Which geographic landform is like a peninsula, but smaller?

Accepted Answer

A Cape

Question 36

What did Daoism have the greatest influence in?

Accepted Answer

Chinese writing and art

Question 37

Karma only takes into account the bad things that you do in your life

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Those who followed Legalism believed that people were naturally what?

Accepted Answer

Selfish

Question 39

Which of the following was NOT an ancient civilization that traded along the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 40

Which of the following popular symbols came from Daoism?

Accepted Answer

The Yin-Yang

Question 41

What Chinese Dynasty was overtaken by the Zhou to start the Zhou Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

The Shang Dynasty

Question 42

Which animal was more significant to travel and trade on The Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

Camels

Question 43

In Buddhism, what does a person need to do in order to reach salvation?

Accepted Answer

Devote their life to gaining spiritual fulfilment

Question 44

What caused the Shang Dynasty to fall?

Accepted Answer

All of these answers are true

Question 45

What makes Antarctica a desert?

Accepted Answer

The climate

Question 46

In Buddhism, what is nirvana?

Accepted Answer

Salvation

Thursday Quiz!

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Thursday Quiz!

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