Chapter 7, Part 1 7) At around, what year did the first people

China Builds An Empire build settlements in China?

Key Version A a) 5,000 B.C.E.
b) 3,500 B.C.E.
1) What is the key version? c) 2,500 B.C.E.
a) A d) 1,5000 B.C.E.
b) B e) 500 B.C.E.

2) What are the 2 rivers in India? 8) What groups were some of the first
a) Congo River and Nile River people to build settlements in China?
b) Euphrates River and Tigris River a) Aztec
c) Indus River and Ganges River b) Bantu
d) Tiber River and Danube River c) Inca
e) Yangtze River and Yellow River d) Shona
e) Yangshao
3) What are the 2 rivers in China?
a) Congo River and Nile River 9) What is a vocabulary word for ruling
b) Euphrates River and Tigris River family, rulers from the same group?
c) Indus River and Ganges River a) Daoism
d) Tiber River and Danube River b) Dynasty
e) Yangtze River and Yellow River c) Nomad
d) Porcelain
4) What connected the 2 rivers in China? e) Tribute
a) Gobi Desert
b) Grand Canal 10) What was the dynasty that started at
c) Mediterranean Sea around 2,200 B.C.E., and ruled for about
d) Plateau of Tibet 400 years?
e) Taklimakan Desert a) Han
b) Qin
5) What is the mountain range in Asia c) Shang
between China, India, and Nepal? d) Xia
a) Alps e) Zhou
b) Andes
c) Hilmalayas 11) Who was an engineer that saved the
d) Rockies people from floods, and was crowned
e) Sierra king?
a) Mi
6) What is the capital of China today? b) Qin
a) Athens c) Shang
b) Beijing d) Wen
c) Hong Kong e) Yu
d) Mecca
e) Shanghai
12) At around 1760 B.C.E., what dynasty
ruled for 600 years? The dynasty had 18) The Chinese call themselves “the people
written records, food surplus, and skilled of the _________.”
artisans? a) Han
a) Han b) Qin
b) Qin c) Shang
c) Shang d) Xia
d) Xia e) Zhou
e) Zhou
19) What is a word for when people honor
13) What was the belief that it was heaven the spirits of their dead relatives?
and the gods that gave dynasties the right a) Ancestor worship
to rule? b) Buddhism
a) Buddhism c) Daoism
b) Confucianism d) Monotheism
c) Daoism e) Polytheism
d) Legalism
e) Mandate of Heaven 20) Who started Legalism?
a) Confucius
14) From 481 to 221 B.C.E., what was a b) Hanfeiz
time when different groups fought each c) Liu Bang
other for control of China? d) Siddhartha
a) Era of Warring States e) Shi Huangdi
b) Han Dynasty
c) Qin Dynasty 21) According to Legalism, what is the key
d) Xia Dynasty to social order?
e) Zhou Dynasty a) High taxes
b) Large population
15) In 221 B.C.E., what dynasty unified c) Many choices
China after more than 200 years of d) No Rules
fighting? e) Strong legal system
a) Han
b) Qin 22) The teachings of Confucius were written
c) Shang in what holy book?
d) Xia a) The Analects
e) Zhou b) The Bible
c) The Book of the Dead
16) What does Shi Huangdi mean? d) The Qur’an
a) Best Emperor e) The Torah
b) First Emperor
c) Heaven Emperor 23) What was NOT a teaching of
d) Last Emperor Confucianism?
e) Sky Emperor a) Use right relationships to produce social
order
17) Who started the Han Dynasty? b) Respect family and older generations
a) Confucius c) Make as much money as possible
b) Liu Bang d) Educate individuals and society
c) Shi Huangdi e) Act in morally correct ways
d) Wen
e) Yu
24) What is a religion that seeks harmony 30) When the Buddha was first born what
with nature? was his role in life?
a) Buddhism a) Farmer
b) Confucianism b) Merchant
c) Daoism c) Prince
d) Legalism d) Sailor
e) Mandate of Heaven e) Solider

25) What are the 2 great forces that work in 31) What did the Buddha’s father want him
the universe called? to be in the future?
a) Be and Bop a) Farmer
b) Cris and Cross b) Fortune teller
c) Fried rice and chow mein c) King
d) Hip and Hop d) Religious leader
e) Yin and Yang e) Teacher

26) Buddhism is a religion based on the 32) Which observation about the boundaries
who’s teachings? of China during the Sui and Tang
a) Confucius Dynasties is accurate, based on the map?
b) Hanfeiz (DO NOW 01/22/2018, page 50)
c) Liu Bang a) The greatest gain in land during the Sui
d) Muhammad period was to the east and south.
e) Siddhartha Gautama b) The most substantial expansion during
the Tang period was in the west.
27) What is another name to describe the c) China’s Great Wall protected its territory
Buddha? completely by the end of the Tang
a) “Confucius” Dynasty.
b) “Chosen One” d) Korea was part of China during the Sui
c) “Enlightened One” Dynasty.
d) “Golden One”
e) “Only One” 33) What was one result of giving the civil
service examination again during the
28) Buddhists believe in the __________ Tang Dynasty? (DO NOW 01/22/2018,
and the Eightfold Path. page 50)
a) Confucianism a) Corruption among government officials
b) Hammurabi’s Codes developed in the competition for jobs.
c) Four Noble Truths b) Many government officials lost their
d) Five Pillars jobs.
e) Ten Commandments c) Government positions were staffed by
generally qualified candidates.
29) The Buddha was born in around 563 d) Taxes increased.
B.C.E. in what present-day country?
a) China
b) Korea
c) Japan
d) Nepal
e) Thailand
34) What most likely led Wu Zhao to take
steps written in the description above?
(DO NOW 01/22/2018, page 50)
a) She did not believe in the use of military
force.
b) She wanted to encourage rebellion
throughout the empire.
c) She had a plan to weaken China.
d) She wanted to win the loyalty of the
people.
35) How did the increase in farmland and
rice production most likely affect ancient
China? (DO NOW 01/23/2018, page 52)
a) A decrease need for farmers led to high
unemployment.
b) An increased food supply led to growth
in population.
c) China became more desirable to
invaders.
d) Greater farming success made the
Chinese rebel against their government.
36) What advantage did paper money offer
merchants over coins or precious metals?
(DO NOW 01/23/2018, page 52)
a) Paper money could be printed by the
merchants themselves whenever they
needed it.
b) Paper money had more value than coins
or precious metals.
c) Paper money as universally accepted.
d) Paper money was easier to carry and use
in large amounts.
37) Based on the achievements of the Tang
and Sung dynasties, which inference
might be made? (DO NOW 01/24/2018,
page 52)
a) Many foreign wars were fought during
the Tang and Sung dynasties, leading to
the need for more advanced weaponry.
b) Tang and Sung achievements were a
response to problems such as hunger and
disease.
c) The Tang and Sung dynasties were
generally a time of stability and
prosperity in China.
d) Under Tang and Sung rulers individuality
and creativity were stifled
38) What changed the focus of
Confucianism to the morality of the
individual through education? (DO NOW
01/25/2018, page 54)
a) the end of the Tang Dynasty
b) the Mongol invasion
c) the opening of the Silk Road
d) the exposure to Buddhism
39) What was the Confucian reasoning
behind the use of an exam to determine
who would win government positions?
(DO NOW 01/25/2018, page 54)
a) A spirit of competition led to better
candidates.
b) China would flourish only if the upper
class kept the upper hand.
c) Good government could result only if
skilled people were in charge.
d) People who did not study for the exam
would not work hard in a job.
40) Why were more school established
during the Sung Dynasty? (DO NOW
01/25/2018, page 54)
a) To prepare Chinese merchants for foreign
trade
b) To produce more eligible candidate for
government
c) To reverse the Tang Dynasty trend of
minimizing education
d) To train youths to become soldiers