Rivers
The earliest Chinese civilizations developed where?
a. river valleys
b. in the mountains
c. on islands off the coast
d. along the Pacific ocean
a. river valleys
What important trade route allowed goods, inventions, and religions such as Buddhism to spread throughout Asia?
a. Silk road
b. Khyber pass
c. Oregon trail
d. Trail of tears
a. Silk road
A dynasty might be overthrown if what happens?
a. rebellions break out
b. farm production is low
c. a leader is killed
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Which of the following did China NOT invent?
a. silk
b. telephone
c. gunpowder
d. boat rudder
b. telephone
The 2 major rivers running through central China are?
a. Red and Yin-Yang
b. Nile and Jordan
c. Amazon and Pearl
d. Yellow and Yangtze
d. Yellow and Yangtze
China was isolated because of what?
a. Mandate of heaven
b. Natural barriers
c. Dynastic cycles
d. A calendar based on the sun
b. natural barriers
a. dictatorship
b. president
c. democracy
d. dynasty
d. dynasty
What qualification was most important for a person to be a governments worker in the Han Dynasty?
a. must be born noble
b. had to be female
c. must pass a civil service test
d. friends with the emperor
c. pass a civil service test
What is it called where a river ends and fans out as it empties in to the ocean?
a. delta
b. drought
c. bank
d. tributary
a. delta
What natural barrier in the North separates China from Mongolia?
a. south china sea
b. himalayas
c. grand canyon
d. gobi desert
d. Gobi desert
what word is used to refer to the rulers of ancient China?
a. king
b. pharaoh
c. emperor
d. czar
c. emperor
What objects were written on, then heated until they cracked, to help answer questions about the future?
a. oracle bones
b. clay tablets
c. egg shells
d. iron sheets
a. oracle bones
What is the name of the dusty yellow soil in China that gives the Yellow River it's name?
a. Loess
b. Sand
c. Humus
d. Subsoil
Loess
What mountain range forms a natural border with India along the Southern Tibetan province?
Himalays
What emperor did Marco Polo meet on his travels?
a. Kublai Khan
b. Genghis Khan
c. Emperor Constantine
d. George Washington
a. Kublai Khan
Confucianism and Daoism are both what?
a. famous emperors
b. famous wars
c. inventors of the Silk Road
d. belief systems in China
d. belief systems
What river is known as "China's Sorrow" because it is known to flood which causes death and destruction?
Yellow River (Huang He)
What word refers to the dry, treeless plains in northern China where the Mongols lived?
a. steppe
b. jungle
c. swamp
d. canyon
a. steppe
What gave emperor's the right to rule?
a. Constitution
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Mandate of Heaven
d. Civil service exam
c. Mandate of Heaven
Confucius can best be described as which of the following?
a. emperor of China
b. famous poet
c. teacher of ethics
d. miracle worker
c. teacher of ethics