Question 1

These Chinese inventions allowed soldiers to fight on horseback.

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saddles and stirrups

Question 2

These people pay their rent by giving the landlord a portion of their crops.

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tenant farmers

Question 3

Acupuncture is an example of Chinese

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medicine

Question 4

This emperor based his rule on the ideas of legalism.

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Qin Shihuangdi

Question 5

This philosophy taught that people should give up worldly desires.

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Daoism

Question 6

____ taught that people need a strong ruler to maintain order.

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Legalism

Question 7

The Zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule.

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Mandate of Heaven

Question 8

A Chinese family was usually headed by the

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oldest man

Question 9

Which of these were sent out of China by the Silk Road?

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silk, tea, and spices

Question 10

How much of China's land is good for farming?

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1/10

Question 11

Which of these is a Chinese invention?

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acupuncture

Question 12

Wu Wang led a rebellion against them because they were so cruel.

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Shang Dynasty

Question 13

Military leaders with their own armies are called

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warlords

Question 14

Who was the founder of Daoism whose name means "the Old Master"?

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Laozi

Question 15

If the king was bad, and brought bad fortune on his kingdom, the people could

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overthrow him

Question 16

The Chinese call the Huang He River ____ because it drowned people and destroyed homes.

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China's Sorrow

Question 17

China's first rulers were probably from the dynasty.

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Xia

Question 18

The first capital city of China was

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Anyang

Question 19

The ____ dynasty ruled for more years than any other Chinese dynasty in history.

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Zhou

Question 20

In Chinese society, the merchants class ranked below the

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farmers and aristocrats

Question 21

Chinese families practiced filial piety, which meant that children had to

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respect their parents

Question 22

Confucius believed that society would do well if everyone always did his or her

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duty

Question 23

Laozi believed that people should give up ____ in favor of nature.

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worldly desires

Question 24

During the 200s B.C., Legalism taught that humans were naturally

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evil

Question 25

The Great Wall of China was built using the labor of which group?

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farmers

Question 26

a kind of character used in Chinese writing

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ideograph

Question 27

a character that stands for objects, such as the moon and the sun

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pictograph

Question 28

a formal order

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mandate

Question 29

a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government

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bureaucracy

Question 30

a noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns

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aristocrat

Question 31

also called the "School of Law"

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legalism

Question 32

Daoism wants to promote this.

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peaceful society

Question 33

the belief that all people with a talent for governing should govern

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Confucianism

Question 34

people who share a similar position in society

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social class

Question 35

developed the teachings of Legalism

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Hanfeizi

Question 36

a cold, rocky desert east of the Kunlun Shan and Tian Shan Mountains

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Gobi

Question 37

first examples of written Chinese language were on these

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Oracle Bones

Question 38

made sure that government officials did their jobs

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Censors

Question 39

Acupuncture eases pain through the use of these being stuck into the patient's skin

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needles

Question 40

network of trade routes for Chinese goods as far as Greece and Rome

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Silk Road

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