Ancient China Vocab

Question 1

What is China’s Sorrow

Answer 1

The Yellow River

Question 2

Why was China’s Sorrow named that

Answer 2

Because it killed millions of people when it flooded. It also destroyed many crops

Question 3

Define: Kowtow

Answer 3

A bow that was so low, the head touched the ground

Question 4

Define: Son of Heaven

Answer 4

Emperor

Question 5

What is the Silk Road

Answer 5

A trade route

Question 6

When was the silk road made

Answer 6

During the Han Dynasty

Question 7

How long was the Silk Road

Answer 7

6500km

Question 8

What did the silk road connect

Answer 8

China to Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean

Question 9

What was China’s most important export?

Answer 9

Silk

Question 10

Who is highest in the Heirarchy

Answer 10

Emperor

Question 11

Who is the lowest in the Heirarchy

Answer 11

Traders

Question 12

What are the traders called

Answer 12

Shang

Question 13

What are the farmers called

Answer 13

Nong

Question 14

What are the artisans called

Answer 14

Gong

Question 15

Arrange the following:
1. Nong
2. Shang
3. Shi
4. Gong
5. Emperor

Answer 15

5,3,1,4,2

Question 16

What is the mandate of heaven

Answer 16

The idea that a king could rule as long as his actions were wise and fair.

Question 17

Define: Empress

Answer 17

The Emperor’s official wife

Question 18

When was the Kowtow done

Answer 18

When anyone approached the emperor

Question 19

What are China’s major river systems

Answer 19

Yangtze and the Yellow River

Question 20

When did kings and emperors in dynasties rule

Answer 20

2100 BCE to 1912 CE

Question 21

Define: Dynasty

Answer 21

When one family maintained power, handing it down the throne to an heir

Question 22

For how long was China ruled by Dynasties

Answer 22

Nearly 4000 years

Question 23

What did people in China refer to their country as and why

Answer 23

Middle Kingdom, because they believed they were living in the centre of the world

Question 24

What were China’s three main religions

Answer 24

Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism

Question 25

What does Tao mean

Answer 25

The Way

Question 26

How could you live forever

Answer 26

By balanced diet and breathing techniques like kung fu

Question 27

What did the creator of Taoism preach

Answer 27

That happiness came from living a simple life in harmony with nature

Question 28

Who made Taoism

Answer 28

Laozi

Question 29

What were the two sides of living things in Taoism

Answer 29

Yin and Yang

Question 30

In which religion was there Yin and Yang

Answer 30

Taoism

Question 31

Was Yin male or female

Answer 31

Female

Question 32

Was Yang male of female

Answer 32

Male

Question 33

Describe Yin

Answer 33

Cool dark and passive

Question 34

Describe Yang

Answer 34

HoT light and active

Question 35

Who made Confucianism

Answer 35

Confucius

Question 36

What did Confucianism teach

Answer 36

That people should be honest, brave and knowledgeable and never violent or arrogant

Question 37

What was Confucianism's path to happiness

Answer 37

Obeying the law, doing ones duty and respecting older people

Question 38

Where did Buddhism begin

Answer 38

In India

Question 39

How did Buddhism arrive in China

Answer 39

Via the silk road

Question 40

When did Buddhism arrive in China

Answer 40

In the 1st Century CE

Question 41

What did Buddhist believe would happen when you die?

Answer 41

You will be reincarnated into another life

Question 41

What do Buddhist temples contain

Answer 41

Statues or paintings of buddha

Question 42

What is Nirvana

Answer 42

Living a proper life woiuld stop the cycle of rebirth (nirvana), meaning leading a good life and no longer wanting things