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Question 1 - 10

•What is the main geographic feature that

early cultural groups settled around?

Answer 1 – 10

•River Valleys

Question 1 - 20

•All of the River Valley Civilizations had an economy based on

what?

Answer 1 – 20

•Farming

Question 1 - 30

•What was the most important idea that was

traded along the Silk Road between India and China?

Answer 1 – 30

•Buddhism spreading from India to China

Question 1 - 40

•What two rivers did the early Chinese develop around?

Answer 1 – 40

• Huang He (Yellow River) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze

River)

Question 1 - 50

•What was the major trade route that ideas and goods

traveled along that stretched from eastern

Asia to Western Europe?

Answer 1 – 50

• The Silk Road

Question 2 - 10

•What culture do these artifacts represent?

Answer 2 – 10

•Chinese

Question 2 - 20

•This Indian Prince was the founder of Buddhism, who is

he?

Answer 2 – 20

•Siddhartha Gautama

Question 2 - 30

•Where did the religions of Hinduism

and Buddhism originate?

Answer 2 – 30

•India

Question 2 - 40

•What are the guiding principals at

the heart of Buddhism called?

Answer 2 – 40

•The Four Noble Truths

Question 2 - 50

• Which of the following actions best illustrates this belief?

A.A man gives away all of his money to the poorB.A child keeps some of their toys but gives some

away to othersC.A woman in a store buys every item that she sees

and wants

Answer 2 – 50

•B. A child keeps some of their toys but gives

some away to others

Question 3 - 10

• I am the founder of Daoism and my name

means “The Old Master” who am I?

Answer 3 – 10

•Hanfeizi

Question 3 - 20

• This period of time made people look for ways to

restore peace and order in China, what was this period

called?

Answer 3 – 20

•The Warring States Period

Question 3 - 30

• What invention used magnets and helped the Chinese to orient their

buildings and helped sailors to find their way home?

Answer 3 – 30

•The Compass

Question 3 - 40

•Appointed officials who run different parts of

the government, what is this called?

Answer 3 – 40

•Bureaucracy

Question 3 - 50

•What religion best completes the diagram?

Answer 3 – 50

•Buddhism

Question 4 - 10

•What are the three major philosophies

taught, worshipped, and studied in ancient China?

Answer 4 – 10

•Daoism, Buddhism, and

Legalism

Question 4 - 20

•What large architectural feature did the Chinese build to keep nomadic invaders out of China?

Answer 4 – 20

•The Great Wall

Question 4 - 30

•Place the first four Chinese dynasties in chronological order

Answer 4 – 30

•Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han

Question 4 - 40

•What was China’s greatest export?

Answer 4 – 40

•Silk

Question 4 - 50

•What is this artifact and what ancient culture is it associated

with?

Answer 4 – 50

•Terra Cotta Soldier•China

Question 5 - 10

•In the Mandate of Heaven, a king’s right to rule came from?

Answer 5 – 10

•The Gods

Question 5 - 20

•Which Chinese philosophy includes the belief that

people should live in harmony with nature?

Answer 5 – 20

•Daoism

Question 5 - 30

•What policy did China adopt that closed its borders to trade and

new ideas?

Answer 5 – 30

•Isolationism

Question 5 - 40

•Which dynasty lasted the longest according to the timeline?

Answer 5 – 40

•Zhou Dynasty

Question 5 - 50

• Where would this event fall on the timeline? c. 563 BC Siddhartha Gautama born

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Answer 5 – 50

•B.