China

Question 0

Which River did the first Chinese civilization appear around?

Answer 0

Huang He

Question 1

What mountain range separates China from the Indian sub- continent?

Answer 1

The Himalayas

Question 2

Which landform separated China from its neighbors to the north?

Answer 2

Gobi Desert

Question 3

Which dynasty developed the first writing system in China?

Answer 3

The Shang dynasty

Question 4

What did oracle bones do for the Shang people?

Answer 4

Helped priest predict the future.

Question 5

Who founded the Xia dynasty?

Answer 5

Yu the Great

Question 6

What gave The Zhou kings the power to lead?

Answer 6

The mandate of heaven. Heaven gave the power to the Kings to lead.

Question 7

Shi Huangdi creates a strong central government in which dynasty?

Answer 7

Qin Dynasty

Question 8

what did Confucius expect of his rulers?

Answer 8

To be wise and good.

Question 9

What were Confucius is guidelines for family?

Answer 9

• fathers display good moral values and inspire the family.
• children should respect and obey their parents.
• all should be loyal to one another.
• wives should be loyal to their husbands.

Question 10

How did Shi Huangdi try to protect his country from invaders?

Answer 10

The Great Wall

Question 11

Who was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty?

Answer 11

Liu Bang

Question 12

Confucius’ ideas were found in what book?

Answer 12

The Analects

Question 13

What did the Iron plow allow the Chinese to do?

Answer 13

Till more land and raise more crops.

Question 14

Where did the Silk Road end?

Answer 14

The Mediterranean Sea.

Question 15

During the Han Dynasty, what was invented that we still use today?

Answer 15

Paper

Question 16

What religion came from India by way of the Silk Road?

Answer 16

Buddhism

Question 17

What is diffusion?

Answer 17

The spread of ideas from one culture to another.

Question 18

The production of this increased during the Han Dynasty.

Answer 18

Silk

Question 19

What linked China with the Middle East and Rome?

Answer 19

Trade Routes. ( Silk Road)

Question 20

What did silk being popular in Rome do for China?

Answer 20

China became wealthy from trade.

Question 21

Who was the most influential teacher in Chinese history?

Answer 21

Confucius

Question 22

What body of water do China’s two main rivers flow into?

Answer 22

The Yellow Sea

Question 23

China took its name from which dynasty?

Answer 23

Qin

Question 24

Jade-

Answer 24

A hard gemstone

Question 25

Lords-

Answer 25

People of high rank

Question 26

Peasants-

Answer 26

Farmers with small farms

Question 27

Ethics-

Answer 27

Moral values

Question 28

Daoism-

Answer 28

Stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality.

Question 29

Laozi-

Answer 29

The most famous Daoist teacher.

Question 30

Legalism-

Answer 30

The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. (Strict government)

Question 31

Sundial-

Answer 31

Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day.

Question 32

Seismograph-

Answer 32

A device that measures the size of an earthquake.

Question 33

Acupuncture-

Answer 33

The practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain.

Question 34

Vary-

Answer 34

To differ

Question 35

Structure-

Answer 35

The way something is set up or organized.

Question 36

Innovation-

Answer 36

New idea, method, or device.

Question 37

Procedures-

Answer 37

The way it has to be accomplished.