Ancient China Test

Match the following

• Humans are evil; need strict punishments

• Legalism

• Respect your elders; honor your family

• Daoism

• Be in harmony with Nature

• Confucianism

Who called himself the "first emperor"? (2.1)

• Liu Bang

• Shi Huangdi

• Lu

• Wudi

Shi Huangdi followed which Chinese philosophy? (2.1)

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Legalism

• Daoism

What was one achievement of the Shang dynasty? (1.2)

• a system of writing

• Confucianism

• the dynastic cycle

• the Great Wall

Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall? (2.2)

• to attract visitors to China

• to make transportation easier

• to keep invaders out

• to show China's building talent

What did Han rulers replace Legalism with? (2.4)

• Daoism

• Buddhism

• bureaucracy

• Confucianism

Which of the following is the best description of the Silk Roads? (3.1)

• They were land routes that connected China with Europe

• They were sea routes that connected China with Europe

• They ran through Russia to northern Europe

• They were not used after 100 BCE

Which is a natural barrier China had (1.1)

• The Aral Sea

• The Chang Jiang River

• the Himalayas

• the Great Wall

What was the main good China had to trade? (3.1)

• silk

• iron

• paper

• horses

China's earliest written records that often told predictions for the future (1.2)

• filial piety

• oracle bones

• Daoism

• dynasty