AC 1
Civilization in China began along what river?
Huang River
How long did the Zhou dynasty rule over China?
a. 10 years
b. 1000 years
c. 5 years
d. 100 years
1,000 years
Which of the following was NOT one of the geographic barriers that separated China from other lands?
a. Mountains
b. Tundra
c. Seas
b. Tundra
What dynasty did Zhen Shi Huangdi establish?
Qin dynasty
Liu Bang helped overthrow the Qin dynasty and became the first emperor of which dynasty?
Han dynasty
What does the word "Huang" mean?
Yellow
The Zhou dynasty ruled for a long period of time which has been divided into two. What are the two names of the periods?
a. Northern/Southern Zhou dynasty
b. Western/Eastern Zhou dynasty
c. Northwestern and Southeastern Zhou dynasty
b. Western/Eastern Zhou dynasty
Taoism was based on the writings of whom?
a. Laozi
b. Shi Huangdi
c. Liu Bang
a. Laozi
What does the name "Shi Huangdi" mean?
First Emperor
The invention of paper took place under which Chinese dynasty?
a. Qin
b. Han
c. Wudi
Han
What is the yellow-brown soil called that is the reason for the name "Huang" River?
Loess
The Chinese believed that rulers came to power because it was their destiny, or fate. What did they call this?
Mandate of Heaven
In what year were the terra-cotta soldiers discovered?
a. 1774
b. 74 AD
c. 1974
c. 1974
The name "China" comes from which dynasty?
a. Han
b. Qin
Qin dynasty
What was another name given to the Huang River? It was given this name because it was said the river brought life to the land but it also took it away
China's Sorrow
Who was the most famous and important of the early Chinese thinkers?
Confucius
The terra-cotta soldiers were created to watch the tomb of who?
China's first emperor, Shi Huangdi
What was the largest construction project in Chinese history?
What was the name of the first civilization in China?
Shang dynasty
Confucius summarized his ideas about relationships in a simple way that is similar to what Christians and Jews call the what?
The Golden Rule
What is the name of China's first emperor?
Shi Huangdi
Goods and ideas traveled between China and the West along what series of routes that covered more than 4,000 miles?
The Silk Road