Unit 6: Ancient China: Study Guide: Test & Study Guide due 2-10-17

1. Label all four river valley civilizations on the map above: China, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia

2. Which civilization developed farthest to the East? ________________________________________

3. Label all 7 rivers on the map: Huang He, Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Chang Jiang, Indus, Ganges

4. Why was the Huang He sometimes called “China’s Sorrow”?

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5. What would be a good title for this map?

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6. What were the early people of China’s economy based on? ______________________________

7. What was the major effect resulting in the trade between India and China?

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8. Put these dynasties in chronological order:

___________Zhou _____________Qin ___________ Shang _________ Han

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9. What geographical feature limited interaction between China and Mongolia?_____________________________10. The Plateau of Tibet is in which mountain range? ___________________________________________________

Match the Chinese inventions: The Silk Road Oracle Bones Acupuncture silk jadecompass sundial The Great Wall Gun powder seismograph

11. I am a beautiful, hard gemstone that the Chinese made into many objects. _______________________________

12. I use the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day. ____________________________________

13. I can measure the strength of an earthquake. ______________________________________________________

14. I am a soft, light, highly valued fabric, and China’s greatest export. _____________________________________

15. The priests carved questions to the gods and ancestors onto me_______________________________________

16. I use fine needles inserted through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relive pain.

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17. I am a series of trade routes that connect Asia to Europe and Africa named for my primary export

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18. I was accidentally created by scientists, you find me often used in 4th of July celebrations, I having an “explosive”

personality. _________________________________________________________________________________

19. I am over 4,000 miles long and I was built by several dynasties across China to protect from invaders.

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20. I am a magnetic device that shows direction. ______________________________________________________

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True or False: If true write true, if false rewrite it to make it true.

21. True or False. Muhammad Gandhi, an Indian prince, founded the religion of Buddhism

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22. True or False. Buddhism started in India and spread to China.

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23. True or False. Buddhism spread along the Indian trade route.

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24. True of False. The guiding principles of Buddhism are called The Four Noble Truths.

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25. True or False. The period of struggle for power that lasted for 200 years in China is called The Warring Cities

Period. ______________________________________________________________________________

26. True of False. In the Mandate of Heaven a king’s right to rule came from the gods.

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Who am I? Legalism Laozi Confucius Daoism Confucianism Hanfeizi bureaucrat

27. I am a wise teacher and I founded Daoism ________________________________________________________

28. I am a Chinese philosophy with a focus on strict laws and harsh punishments, aristocrats supported me, and I

teach that humans are naturally evil _____________________________________________________________

29. I am a wise teacher and I founded Confucianism ___________________________________________________

30. I am an appointed official who runs different parts of the government _________________________________

31. I am a Chinese philosophy with a focus on nature, following the Dao, giving away worldly goods, and following

traditional beliefs. ____________________________________________________________________________

32. I am a wise teacher and I founded Legalism ________________________________________________________

33. I am a Chinese philosophy with a focus on ancestor worship, putting family and community first, and following

the Golden Rule. ____________________________________________________________________________

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Dynasty Timeline

34. Place these 6 events in chronological order on the timeline:

221 BC Zhou Dynasty ends 220 AD Han Dynasty ends

1766 BC Shang Dynasty begins 551 BC Confucius born

202 BC Han Dynasty begins 1122 BC Shang Dynasty ends and Zhou Dynasty begins

35. Which event occurred first? ____________________________________________________

36. How long did the Zhou Dynasty last? ____________________________________________

37. Which dynasty lasted the longest according to the timeline? _____________________________

38. What would be a good title for this timeline? _________________________________________

Remember same time period, subtract Different time period, add

(10 BC-5 BC= 5 years) (10 AD + 5 BC= 15 years)

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