China Vocabulary Quiz

A farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop

• Peasant

• Tax Farmer

• Tenant Farmer

• Pay-as-you-go Farmer

Dao

• the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods

• having a title or possession by reason or birth

• a system of beliefs based on the teaching of Confucius

• Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule

What is the Civil Service?

• the administrative service of the government

• People who serve the Chinese people

• Service a person does after they get out of jail

• Service a person does to get into heaven

What is Filial Piety?

• When you try to be a good person

• the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents

• the responsibility children have to do their best at school

• the responsibility children have to cook and clean for their parents at home

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

• Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule

• a group of non-elected government officials

• the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods

• having a title or possession by reason of birth

What do you call a family of rulers that are in power in a country?

• Dynasty

• Dao

• Confucius

• Jade

What is Jade?

• A type of medicine

• A green soup

• A green gemstone

• A bright green plant

What do you call a series of fortified walls built by the Chinese as a defense against nomadic invaders

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Great Wall of China

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

What is the Silk Road

• Ancient roads where soldiers fought over silk

• A road they sold silk on

• A road made out of silk

• Ancient roads that connected the civilizations of China and Rome for trade

What is a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius?

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Filial Piety