Ancient China Vocabulary
  • 1. a person from whom another is directly descended
A) ancestor
B) dragon lore
C) Mulan
D) Mandate of Heaven
  • 2. a philosophy that developed from a great Chinese teacher named Confucius; he taught politeness, sincerity, unselfishness, respect for law and hard work
A) Mandate of Heaven
B) Confucianism
C) Legalism
D) Taoism
  • 3. the sign of the emperor and a nickname for China
A) Mandate of Heaven
B) Mulan
C) dragon lore
D) Great Sorrow
  • 4. one of the driest deserts in the world; covers parts of China and Mongolia
A) Taklimakan Desert
B) Gobi Desert
C) Sahara Desert
D) Desert Desert
  • 5. the two major river systems (Huang He and Chiang Jiang) were called this because of the flooding that occurred each year, which brought devastation and the need for rebuilding
A) Great Sorrow
B) dragon lore
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) ancestor
  • 6. wall built over a period of 2000 years and is about 1500 miles long; intended to keep out invaders from the north
A) Great Sorrow
B) Mandate of Heaven
C) Great Wall
D) Silk Road
  • 7. Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
A) Buddhism
B) Taoism
C) Confucianism
D) Legalism
  • 8. the belief that heaven, or T'ien, appointed certain emperors as rulers.
A) Taoism
B) Legalism
C) Mandate of Heaven
D) Confucianism
  • 9. the highest mountain in the world and close to the border between Nepal, China and Tibet in the Himalayan Mountains.
A) Mount Everest
B) Mount Mitchell
C) Rocky Mountain
D) Mount McKinley
  • 10. a courageous girl who hid her identity and served in the army in place of her father for ten years
A) Mulan
B) Great Sorrow
C) ancestor
D) dragon lore
  • 11. the major trade routes that were established between Asia and Western Europe
A) Great Wall
B) Great Sorrow
C) Silk Road
D) Dragon Lore
  • 12. the second largest desert in the world and located in western China. Called the "sea of death"
A) Desert Desert
B) Taklimakan Desert
C) Gobi Desert
D) Sahara Desert
  • 13. a philosophy developed by Lao-tzu which states that people should be happy with what they have
A) Buddhism
B) Confucianism
C) Legalism
D) Taoism
  • 14. the third longest river in the world and the long river in China (4000 miles long). flows into the Yellow Sea
A) Amazon River
B) Huang He River
C) Nile River
D) Yangtze River
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