Section 1 TRUE/FALSE Read the FALSE statements below. Replace each underlined word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE. southern oracle rivers northern rich jade 1. China s physical geography made the land unsuitable for farming. 2. Civilization in China began along the Huang He and Chang Jiang cities. 3. The Qinling Shandi mountain range separates eastern China from western China. 4. The graves of rich people often contained beautiful objects made from coral, a hard gemstone. 5. Priests of ancient China believed they could predict the future by interpreting cracks on ivory bones.
Section 2 MATCHING Read each description. On the lines below, write the letter of the term that best matches each description. 1. The longest lasting Chinese dynasty 2. Desired a return to family order and social harmony 3. People of high rank who received land in exchange for their loyalty 4. The lowest social class, farmed noble lands 5. Moral values 6. A book of Confucius s teachings compiled by his students 7. Stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality 8. Wrote The Way and Its Power, the basic text expressing Daoist thought 9. The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled 10. The first to put their ideas into practice throughout China a. The Analects b. Confucius c. Daoism d. ethics e. Laozi f. Legalism g. Legalists h. lords i. peasants j. Zhou
Section 3 TRUE/FALSE Read the FALSE statements below. Replace each underlined word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE. army Ying Zheng copper strong invasions 1. The first Qin emperor created a weak government. 2. The Qin rose to power by building a strong school and by defeating rival states in battle. 3. Confucius succeeded in unifying China and gave himself the title Shi Huangdi, which means first emperor. 4. Shi Huangdi set up a new money system in which standardized gold and silver coins became the currency used in all China. 5. The Great Wall was built to protect China from peasants.
Section 4 FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes each sentence. 1. The government established under the Han dynasty was based on the ideas of. (Buddha/Confucius) 2. The social order of Han China was based on the system, which divided society into four social classes. (Confucian/Buddhist) 3. The Han Chinese made one item that we use every day:. (cloth/paper) 4. To get a government job in China under Han rule, a person had to pass a test based on the teachings of. (Zhou/Confucius) 5. was the first emperor of the Han dynasty. (Liu Bang/Ying Zheng) 6. Confucius taught that the was the head of the family and had absolute power. (mother/father) 7. The, a device that measures the strength of an earthquake, was invented during the Han dynasty. (pictograph/seismograph) 8. Emperors were very interested in knowing the movements of the earth because they believed that earthquakes were signs of events. (past evil/future evil) 9. A uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day. (sundial/jade) 10. is the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain. (fasting/acupuncture)
Section 5 MULTIPLE CHOICE Read each question. On the lines below write the letter of the best answer. 1. What linked China with the Middle East and Rome? a. canals b. Great Wall c. rivers d. trade routes 2. What religion came to China from India and gained many followers? a. Catholicism b. Hinduism c. Buddhism d. Jainism 3. The production of which substance increased during the Han dynasty? a. fur b. silk c. cotton d. polyester 4. Which of the following was a 4,000-mile-long network of trade routes? a. Himalayan b. Great Wall c. Silk Road d. toll road 5. The introduction of Buddhism to China is an example of which of the following principles? a. diffusion b. confusion c. fusion d. distribution