This document contains a study guide for a test on Ancient China. It includes questions about Chinese dynasties, the geography of China, important figures like Confucius, cultural developments like the Silk Road, and matching inventions and philosophies to China. There are also true/false questions testing knowledge of the spread of Buddhism and Chinese dynastic periods.

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Unit 5: Ancient China: Study Guide: Test & Study Guide due 1-15-16
1. Label all fourrivervalleycivilizationsonthe map above:China,India,Egypt,Mesopotamia
2. Whichcivilizationdevelopedfarthesttothe East?
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3. Label all 7 riversonthe map: Huang He,Tigris,Euphrates,Nile,ChangJiang,Indus,Ganges
4. What didthe riversprovide the earlypeoplewith?
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5. Why wasthe HuangHe sometimescalled“China’sSorrow”?
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6. Why didthe earlypeople of ancientChinasettle inthatlocation?(GeographicFeature)
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7. What wouldbe a goodtitle forthismap?
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8. What isthis?_____________________________________________________ How wasit used?
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9. What isthis?__________________________________________________ Why wasit created?
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10. What culture dothese artifactsrepresent?
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11. Put these dynastiesin chronological order
1. Han
2. Zhou
3. Qin
4. Shang

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12. Where didThe SilkRoad begin?Where diditend?_____________________________________
13. What were some of the goodstradedalongthis route?
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14. What impactdidthis trade route have on China?
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15. What were the earlypeople of China’seconomybasedon?______________________________
16. What was a majoreffectresultinginthe trade betweenIndiaandChina?
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Match the Chinese inventions: Acupuncture silk jade
compass sundial The GreatWall Gunpowder seismograph
17. I am a beautiful,hardgemstone thatthe Chinese made intomanyobjects._________________
18. I use the positionof shadowscastby the sun totell the time of day. _______________________
19. I can measure the strengthof an earthquake._________________________________________
20. I am a soft,light,highlyvaluedfabric,andChina’sgreatestexport._______________________
21. I use fine needlesinsertedthroughthe skinatspecificpointstocure disease orrelive pain.
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22. I was accidentallycreatedbyscientists,you findme oftenusedin4th
of Julycelebrations,I
havingan “explosive”personality.__________________________________________________
23. I am over4,000 mileslongandI wasbuiltbyseveral dynastiesacrossChinatoprotectfrom
invaders. ______________________________________________________________________
24. I am a magneticdevice thatshowsdirection._________________________________________

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True or False: If true write true, iffalse rewrite it to make it true.
25. True or False.MuhammadGandhi,anIndianprince,foundedthe religionof Buddhism
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26. True or False.BuddhismstartedinIndiaandspreadtoChina.
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27. True or False.Buddhismspreadalongthe Indiantrade route.
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28. True of False.The guidingprinciplesof Buddhismare calledThe FourNoble Truths.
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29. True or False.The periodof struggle forpowerthatlastedfor200 years inChinaiscalledThe
Warring CitiesPeriod.
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30. True of False.Inthe Mandate of Heavena king’srightto rule came from the gods.
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Whoam I? Legalism Laozi Confucius Daoism Confucianism
Hanfeizi bureaucrat
31. I am a wise teacherandI foundedDaoism
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32. I am a Chinese philosophywithafocuson strictlawsand harshpunishments,aristocrats
supportedme,andI teachthat humansare naturallyevil
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33. I am a wise teacherandI foundedConfucianism
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34. I am an appointedofficial whorunsdifferentpartsof the government
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35. I am a Chinese philosophywithafocuson nature,followingthe Dao,givingawayworldlygoods,
and followingtraditional beliefs.
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36. I am a wise teacherandI foundedLegalism
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37. I am a Chinese philosophywithafocuson ancestorworship,puttingfamilyandcommunityfirst,
and followingthe GoldenRule.
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Dynasty Timeline
38. Place these 6 eventsinchronological orderonthe timeline:
221 BC ZhouDynastyends 220 ADHan Dynastyends
1766 BC Shang Dynastybegins 551 BC Confuciusborn
202 BC Han Dynastybegins 1122 BC Shang DynastyendsandZhou Dynastybegins
39. Whicheventoccurredfirst? ____________________________________________________
40. How longdidthe ZhouDynastylast? ____________________________________________
41. Whichdynastylastedthe longestaccordingtothe timeline?_____________________________
42. What wouldbe a goodtitle forthistimeline?_________________________________________
Remembersametime period, subtract Differenttime period,add
(10 BC-5 BC= 5 years) (10 AD+ 5 BC= 15 years)