Geography
Chinese Religions
Chinese Dynasties
Key Terms
100

This ocean borders China to the East?

What is the Pacific Ocean?


100

Who was the founder of Confucianism?

Who is Confucious?


100

This man took the name "First Emperor" and ruled with harsh laws and paranoia?

Who is Shi Huangdi?


100

This was a precious stone in China?

What is jade?


200

The mountain range to the Southwest of China is known as this?

What are the Himalayas?


200

Laozi started this major Chinese religion?

What is Daoism?

200

This political belief system believed that people were evil and had to be ruled by law and punishment?

What is Legalism?

200

This tool can determine the strength of an earthquake? 

What is a seismograph?

300

This desert lies to west of China?


What is the Gobi desert?


300

Buddhism arrived in China from this country?

What is India?


300

The Chinese built this barrier to protect the country from invasion?

What is the Great Wall?


300

This animal created silk that was a valuable commodity along the Silk Road?

What is the silk worm?  


400

Name the two rivers that civilization in China emerged around?  

What is the Yellow River and the Yangzi river?


400

This religion was involved with the belief in nature and the natural way?

What is Daoism?


400

This dynasty in China brought Confucianism into the social order?

What is the Han dynasty?


400

The Silk Road spanned from these two locations?  

What is China to the Mediterranean?  
500

The Yellow River is known as this because of this characteristic?

The sediment of soil that makes the river appear to be yellow?

500

Filial piety meant this in Confucian circles?

What is that parents deserved respect and love?


500

This dynasty brought the Civil Service exams into government administration?

What is the Han dynasty?

500

This type of medicine uses needles inserted at strategic points to heal a patient?

What is acupuncture?