Interactive Test on Ancient China

A ruling family that passes control from one generation to the next is known as a...
1. democracy
2. dynasty
3. republic
4. oligarchy
5. dictatorship
The ancient Chinese believe their _____ chose their ruler.
1. gods
2. ancestors
3. people
4. sages
5. monks
Chinese rulers were believed to be given power by the…
1. Divine Right of Kings
2. The Mandate of Heaven
3. The Path to the Water Hole
4. Tao (“the way’)
5. The Vicar of Christ
China was ruled by local warlords in this period that existed between the Chou and the Ch’in dynasties.
1. The Hundred Years War
2. The Age of Warring States
3. The Black Death
4. The Period of Three Kingdoms
5. The Wars of the Roses
Which statement about Confucius is true?
1. Confucius believed that all people could become superior.
2. Confucius taught that parents and children were equal partners in a family.
3. Confucius taught that men and women were equal.
4. Confucius believed that you should use family connections to gain power.
The students of Confucius compiled this book. It later became the model for official and personal behavior for Chinese people.
1. Tao Te Ching
2. The Quran
3. The Analects
4. The Upanishads
5. The Kojiki
This group of ancient Chinese leaders believed that society functioned best through strong state control and absolute obedience to society.
1. The Mongols
2. The Legalists
3. The Taoists
4. The Nationalists
5. The Buddhists
Emperor Shih-Huang-ti began construction of the Great Wall in order to keep these nomadic warriors from invading China.
1. The Mongols
2. The Persians
3. The Japanese
4. The Vietnamese
5. The Koreans
Which statement about the Great Wall of China is false?
1. The Great Wall of China is the longest human made construction of earth.
2. Very little remains of the original construction of the Great Wall of China, but later rulers made the wall longer and stronger.
3. The Ming Dynasty fell to Manchu warriors when a traitor opened a gate in the wall.
4. The Great Wall of China can be seen from space without a telescope.
This military leader was born Temujin in 1167. He united the nomadic tribes into a disciplined military state. His followers gave him this name, this means “universal ruler.”
1. Shih Huang-ti
2. Genghis Khan
3. Mao Zedong
4. Deng Xiaoping
5. Ho Chi Minh
This was the largest empire the world has ever known. At its height, this empire stretched from Korea to Hungary and as far south as Vietnam.
1. The Mongol Empire
2. The Maurya Empire
3. The Ottoman Empire
4. The Roman Empire
5. The Byzantine Empire
This network of trade routes connected Europe and the Middle East with China.
1. Champs-Elysées
2. The Autobahns
3. The Silk Road
4. Abbey Road
5. The Appian Way
Many Europeans first became aware of China when this warrior expanded his empire into Central Asia in 329BC.
1. Julius Caesar
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alexander the Great
4. Marco Polo
5. Shih Huang-ti
This Italian merchant wrote a book about his adventures on the Silk Road and in China.
1. Galileo Galilei
2. Cosimo de' Medici
3. Marco Polo
4. Leonardo da Vinci
5. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Scientists believed this terrible illness originated in Central Asia and traveled to Europe where it killed nearly half of the population.
1. The Black Death
2. Leprocy
3. The AIDS Empidemic
4. Epidemic Typhus
5. The Polio Epidemic
Why did the Silk Road lose its influence?
1. Bandits learned to use gunpowder to make dangerous weapons.
2. All of the other answers are correct.
3. The Mongol Empire had disintegrated so the Silk Road was no longer policed.
4. Portuguese sailors learned to use faster and safer sea routes.
Which statement about Marco Polo is true?
1. All of the other answers are correct.
2. Marco Polo met the man who wrote the story of his adventures while he was in jail.
3. Marco Polo’s father and uncle made a journey to China when Marco was a young boy.
4. Marco Polo said he was hired to govern a Chinese province.
Marco Polo claimed to have spent seventeen years working for this Mongol emperor of China.
1. Shih Huang-ti
2. Mao Zedong
3. Confucius
4. Lao Tzu
5. Kublai Khan
Why did many people refer to Marco Polo’s book as Il Milione (“The Million”)?
1. Marco Polo’s book contained a million words.
2. Marco Polo traveled a million miles.
3. Marco Polo met a million people.
4. Marco Polo made a million dollars.
5. Marco Polo told a million lies.
This Chinese dynasty was the first to leave written records, They ruled China from approximately 1766BC to 1040BC.
1. Ch'in
2. Chou
3. Manchus
4. Hsia
5. Shang
6. Han
This dynasty ruled China from 1040BC to 256BC. They set up a feudal system where loyal nobles ruled small parts of China.
1. Ch'in
2. Chou
3. Manchus
4. Hsia
5. Shang
6. Han
The last dynasty to rule China, they referred to themselves as the Qing, but they are commonly known for the region of China where they came from.
1. Ch'in
2. Chou
3. Manchus
4. Hsia
5. Shang
6. Han
China grew into a powerful empire during this reign of this dynasty. Scholars trained in the teaching of Confucius ran the government.
1. Ch'in
2. Chou
3. Manchus
4. Han
5. Shang
6. Hsia
True or False: China was ruled continuously by one dynasty for more than three thousand years.
1. True
2. False
True or False: Parts of the Great Wall of China remain standing today.
1. True
2. False
True or False: The Legalists encouraged people to consider new ideas by reading many books.
1. True
2. False

Interactive Test on Ancient China

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