Ancient China Quiz

What term refers to activities related to the sea, especially in relation to navigation and shipping?

• oracle bone

• terra cotta

• maritime

• caravan

What is an ancient Chinese artifact used for divination and communication with ancestors?

• silk

• oracle bone

• dynasty

• bureaucracy

What is the name of the clay material used to make sculptures and pottery, especially in ancient China?

• terra cotta

• isolate

• filial piety

• barter

What term describes the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another?

• cultural diffusion

• dynastic cycle

• peasant

• emperor

What does it mean to separate or set apart from others?

• isolate

• caravan

• dynasty

• Great Wall

What is the name of the luxurious fabric that was a major trade item in ancient China?

• silk

• terra cotta

• oracle bone

• bureaucracy

What term refers to the rise and fall of dynasties in Chinese history?

• dynastic cycle

• filial piety

• barter

• emperor

What is a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa?

• caravan

• peasant

• dynasty

• Great Wall

What term describes a farmer or agricultural laborer of low social status?

• peasant

• emperor

• bureaucracy

• silk

What is the term for respect and devotion to one's parents and ancestors?

• filial piety

• barter

• isolate

• caravan