Chapter

7, Part 1
China Builds An Empire
Key Version A

1) What is the key version?
a) A
b) B

2) What are the 2 rivers in India?
a) Indus River and Ganges River
b) Euphrates River and Tigris River
c) Nile River and Yangtze River
d) Tiber River and Yellow River
e) Yangtze River and Yellow River

3) What are the 2 rivers in China?
f) Indus River and Ganges River
g) Euphrates River and Tigris River
h) Nile River and Yangtze River
i) Tiber River and Yellow River
j) Yangtze River and Yellow River

4) What connected the 2 rivers in China?
a) Gobi Desert
b) Grand Canal
c) Plateau of Tibet
d) Mediterranean Sea
e) Taklimakan Desert

5) What is the mountain range in Asia
between China, India, and Nepal?
a) Alps
b) Andes
c) Himalayas
d) Rockies
e) Sierra

6) What is the capital of China today?
a) Athens
b) Baghdad
c) Beijing
d) Mecca
e) Shanghai

7) What year did the frist people build

settlements in China?
a) 5,000 B.C.E.
b) 3,500 B.C.E.
c) 2,500 B.C.E.
d) 1,500 B.C.E.
e) 500 B.C.E.
8) What group were some of the first
people to build settlements in China?
a) Aztec
b) Bantu
c) Inca
d) Mayan
e) Yangshao
9) What is a vocabulary word for ruling
family, rulers from the same group?
a) Dynasty
b) Maritime
c) Nomad
d) Porcelain
e) Tribute
10)What was the dynasty that started at
around 2,200 B.C.E., and ruled for about
400 years?
a) Han
b) Qin
c) Shang
d) Xia
e) Zhou

11) Who was an engineer that saved the

people from floods, and was crowned
king?
a) Me
b) Qin
c) Shang
d) Wen
e) Yu

12) At around 1760 B.C.E., what dynasty

ruled for 600 years? The dynasty had
written records, food surplus, and
skilled artisans.
a) Han
b) Qin
c) Shang
d) Xia
e) Zhou

13) What was the Zhou belief, which meant

it was heaven and the gods that gave
dynasties the right to rule?
a) Buddhism
b) Confucianism
c) Daoism
d) Legalism
e) Mandate of Heaven
14) From 481 to 221 B.C.E., what was the
era when different groups fought each
other for control of China?
a) Buddhism
b) Confucianism
c) Daoism
d) Legalism
e) Warring States

15) In 221 B.C.E., what dynasty unified

China after more than 200 years of
fighting?
a) Han
b) Qin
c) Shang
d) Xia
e) Zhou
16) What does Shi Huangdi mean?
a) Best Emperor
b) First Emperor
c) Heaven Emperor
d) Last Emperor
e) Sky Emperor

17) Who started the Han Dynasty?

a) Confucius
b) Liu Bang
c) Shi Huangdi
d) Wen
e) Yu

18) The Chinese call themselves the
__________ of the Han.
a) Family
b) Followers
c) Leaders
d) People
e) Warriors

19) What is a word for when people honor
the sprits of their dead relatives?
a) Ancestor worship
b) Day of the Dead
c) Chinese New Years
d) Monotheism
e) Polytheism

20) Who started Legalism?

a) Buddha
b) Confucius
c) Hanfeiz
d) Liu Bang
e) Shi Huangdi
21) According to Legalism, what is the key
to social order?
a) High taxes
b) Large population
c) Moral values
d) No rules
e) Strong legal system
22) The teachings of Confucius were
written in what book?
a) The Analects
b) The Bible
c) The Book of the Dead
d) The Quran
e) The Torah

23) What was NOT a teaching of
Confucianism?
a) Use right relationships to produce social
order.
b) Respect family and older generations.
c) Make as much money as possible.
d) Educate individuals and society.
e) Act in morally correct ways.

24) What is a belief that seeks harmony

with nature?
a) Buddhism
b) Confucianism
c) Daoism
d) Legalism
e) Mandate from Heaven
25) What are the 2 great forces that work in
the universe called?
a) Be and Bop
b) Cris and Cross
c) Hip and Hop
d) Tic and Tac
e) Yin and Yang

26) Buddhism is based on the teaching of

whom?
a) Confucius
b) Hanfeiz
c) Liu Bang
d) Muhammad
e) Siddhartha Gautama
27) What is another name to describe the
Buddha?
a) Chosen One
b) Enlightened One
c) Golden One
d) Only One
e) One Too Many

33) What was one result of giving the civil
service examination again during the
Tang Dynasty? (DO NOW 01/09/2017)
a) Corruption among government officials
developed in the competition for jobs.
b) Many government officials lost their
jobs.
c) Government positions were staffed by
generally qualified candidates.
d) Taxes increased.

31) What did the Buddhas father want him

to be in the future?
a) King
b) Farmer
c) Fortuneteller
d) Religious leader
e) Teacher
32) Which observation about the
boundaries of China during the Sui and
Tang Dynasties is accurate, based on the
map? (DO NOW 01/09/2017)
a) Chinas Great Wall protected its territory
completely by the end of the Tang
Dynasty.
b) Korea was part of China during the Sui
Dynasty.
c) The greatest gain in land during the Sui
period was to the east and south.
d) The most substantial expansion during
the Tang period was in the west.

28) Buddhists believe in the _______________

and Eightfold Path.
a) Confucianism
b) Hammurabis Codes
c) Four Noble Truths
d) Five Pillars
e) Ten Commandments
29) The Buddha was born at around 563
B.C.E., in what country?
a) Korea
b) China
c) Japan
d) Nepal
e) Thailand

30) When the Buddha was first born what

was he?
a) Farmer
b) Merchant
c) Prince
d) Sailor
e) Solider

34) What most likely led Wu Zhao to take

the steps written in the description
above? (DO NOW 01/09/2017)
a) She did not believe in the use of military
force.
b) She wanted to win the loyalty of the
people.
c) She wanted to encourage rebellion
throughout the empire.
d) She had a plan to weaken China.
35) What changed the focus of
Confucianism to the morality of the
individual through education? (DO NOW
01/11/2017)
a) The end of the Tang Dynasty
b) The Mongol invasion
c) The exposure to Buddhism
d) The opening of the Silk Roads

36) What was the Confucian reasoning

behind the use of an exam to determine
who would win government positions?
(DO NOW 01/11/2017)
a) A spirit of competition led to better
candidates.
b) Good government could result only if
skilled people were in charge.
c) People who did not study for the exam
would not work hard in a job.
d) China would flourish only if the upper
class kept the upper hand.
37) Why were more schools established
during the Sung Dynasty? (DO NOW
01/11/2017)
a) To prepare Chinese merchants for
foreign trade
b) To produce more eligible candidates for
government
c) To train youths to become soldiers
d) To reverse the Tang Dynasty trend of
minimizing education

38) How did the increase in farmland and

rice production most likely affect
ancient China? (DO NOW 01/12/2017)
a) China became more desirable to
invaders.
b) An increased food supply led to growth
in population.
c) A decreased need for farmers led to high
unemployment.
d) Greater farming success made the
Chinese rebel against their government.
e) China became more desirable their
government.

39) What advantage did paper money offer

merchants over coins or precious
metals? (DO NOW 01/12/2017)
a) Paper money was universally accepted.
b) Paper money was easier to carry and
use in large amounts.
c) Paper money had more value than coins
or precious metals.
d) Paper money could be printed by the
merchants themselves whenever they
needed it.
40) As a result of the vigorous trade during
the Tang and Sung dynasties, (DO NOW
01/12/2017)
a) China imported more than it exported.
b) Chinas culture spread to many areas.
c) China remained isolated from other
cultures.
d) Chinas supply of natural resources
decreased.