Geogrpahy, Religion, & Achievements
What is the longest river in China?
Yangtze River
What was the government type of ancient China?
Which civilization that we have studied started earliest?
Mesopotamia
Which Chinese invention helped make the age of exploration possible?
The compass
Which major religion continues to have an influence on Chinese society and the relationships people have with one another?
Confucianism
What major world religion started in India before becoming popular in China?
Buddhism
What development in 450 BCE helped the Chinese economy grow?
Coins
Were women’s rights in Ancient China comparatively stronger or weaker compared to women’s rights in Ancient Egypt?
Weaker
Which Chinese invention led to increased literacy rates in Europe?
the printing press
True or false – women in China have gained many more rights than they used to have, but continue to face obstacles to equality?
True
China is credited with inventing which of the following: gunpowder, glass or leather
gunpowder
Which social class was ranked just above slaves?
Merchants
Ancient China’s government was most similar to that of which other ancient civilization?
Egypt
Which Chinese invention eventually replaced papyrus?
paper
China’s current political system is a:
dictatorship
What critical invention is this a picture of?
stirrups
Which emperor was China named for?
Emperor Qin
Trade was important to which ancient civilization(s)?
All of them
Which Chinese invention was originally used in fireworks?
Gunpowder
Name two ways Chinese people continue to celebrate Chinese New Year
fireworks, red lanterns, giving gifts
What was the impact of China’s geography on it’s civilization?
it developed in relative isolation
China’s most important export for centuries was what?
Silk
Which two civilizations’ geographic features allowed them to develop in relatively isolation?
China and Egypt
Which Chinese invention was temporarily banned by the Roman empire because Romans were spending too much money buying it?
Silk
One value visible in the ancient Chinese social structure that continues to be valued today is…
hard work