Ancient China

Question 1

Who made up a majority of the population and made their living on land owned by aristocrats?

Answer 1

Farmers

Question 2

What needs to be followed to help a person reach Nirvana in Buddhism?

Answer 2

Giving up all worldly desires and concerns

Question 3

What is the study of the basic ideas and beliefs of society?

Answer 3

Philosophy

Question 4

What is a military leader who controls an area of land called?

Answer 4

Warlord

Question 5

What belief states that the right to rule comes from the gods?

Answer 5

Mandate of heaven

Question 6

What idea emphasizes that children should honor and care for their parents?

Answer 6

Filial piety

Question 7

What is a symbol or picture in a writing system that combines two or more pictographs to express an idea?

Answer 7

Ideographs

Question 8

What is a symbol or picture in a writing system that represents an object?

Answer 8

Pictographs

Question 9

Who are upper class citizens who hold wealth and power?

Answer 9

Aristocrats

Question 10

What is a person that someone is descended from?

Answer 10

Ancestors

Question 11

Which dynasty began the process of building the Great Wall of China?

Answer 11

Qin dynasty

Question 12

How did Han Wudi reform the government?

Answer 12

By changing the process behind appointing governor officials

Question 13

What ideas were practiced by Confucianism?

Answer 13

• Duty to one’s family
• Practice good actions
• Government offices open to all people

Question 14

Which major trade route spread goods from China to parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Europe?

Answer 14

The Silk Road

Question 15

Did the Great Wall of China keep the Mongols from invading?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

What job was held by the majority of people in China?

Answer 16

Farmers

Question 17

Did China share the process for making silk with other civilizations?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

Who created Daoism?

Answer 18

Laozi

Question 19

What is a state of perfect peace, according to Buddhism?

Answer 19

Nirvana

Question 20

What philosophy combined the ideas of Daoism and Buddhism and taught that people should be concerned with life after death?

Answer 20

Syncretism of Daoism and Buddhism

Question 21

Who created the philosophy of legalism?

Answer 21

Han Feizi

Question 22

Who was a fierce Mongol leader who invaded China?

Answer 22

Genghis Khan

Question 23

What was invented in the Zhou dynasty that helped soldiers stay securely on their horses?

Answer 23

Stirrups

Question 24

Fill in the blank: A symbol or picture in a writing system that represents an object is called a _______.

Answer 24

Pictograph

Question 25

Fill in the blank: The belief that the right to rule comes from the gods is known as the _______.

Answer 25

Mandate of heaven

Question 26

Find the letter on the map that corresponds with the place: A) Pacific Ocean, B) South China Sea, C) Yellow Sea, D) (Chiang Jiang), E) Yangtze River, F) Himalayas Mountains, G) Gobi Desert. What is the answer?

Answer 26

A) Pacific Ocean, B) South China Sea, C) Yellow Sea, D) (Chiang Jiang), E) Yangtze River, F) Himalayas Mountains, G) Gobi Desert