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Ch 7 Test World History 8th
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  • 1. a kind of character used in Chinese writing
A) mandate
B) aristocrat
C) pictograph
D) bureaucracy
E) ideograph
  • 2. a character that stands for objects, such as the moon and the sun
A) bureaucracy
B) ideograph
C) mandate
D) pictograph
E) aristocrat
  • 3. a formal order
A) mandate
B) pictograph
C) ideograph
D) bureaucracy
E) aristocrat
  • 4. a system of appointed officials who run different parts of the government
A) ideograph
B) aristocrat
C) mandate
D) bureaucracy
E) pictograph
  • 5. a noble whose wealth comes from the land he or she owns
A) pictograph
B) mandate
C) aristocrat
D) ideograph
E) bureaucracy
  • 6. also called the “School of Law”
A) Confucianism
B) social class
C) Legalism
D) Daoism
E) Hanfeizi
  • 7. promotes a peaceful society
A) social class
B) Daoism
C) Legalism
D) Confucianism
E) Hanfeizi
  • 8. the belief that all people with a talent for governing should govern
A) Daoism
B) social class
C) Legalism
D) Confucianism
E) Hanfeizi
  • 9. people who share a similar position in society
A) Confucianism
B) social class
C) Daoism
D) Hanfeizi
E) Legalism
  • 10. developed the teachings of Legalism
A) Daoism
B) Legalism
C) Hanfeizi
D) social class
E) Confucianism
  • 11. founder of the Han dynasty
A) acupuncture
B) Qin Shihuangdi
C) Han Wudi
D) Liu Bang
E) Silk Road
  • 12. his name means “Martial Emperor of Han”
A) Liu Bang
B) Han Wudi
C) acupuncture
D) Qin Shihuangdi
E) Silk Road
  • 13. his name means “the First Qin Emperor”
A) Han Wudi
B) Silk Road
C) acupuncture
D) Liu Bang
E) Qin Shihuangdi
  • 14. eases pain through the use of needles stuck into the patient’s skin
A) acupuncture
B) Liu Bang
C) Qin Shihuangdi
D) Han Wudi
E) Silk Road
  • 15. network of trade routes for Chinese goods as far as Greece and Rome
A) Qin Shihuangdi
B) Han Wudi
C) Silk Road
D) Liu Bang
E) acupuncture
  • 16. The Chinese call the Huang He River ____ because it drowned people and destroyed homes.
A) “Yellow River”
B) “China’s gift”
C) “raging river”
D) “China’s sorrow”
  • 17. China’s first rulers were probably from the dynasty.
A) Shang
B) Zhou
C) Anyang
D) Xia
  • 18. The first capital city of China was
A) Shang
B) Anyang
C) Zhou
D) Guangzhou
  • 19. The ____ dynasty ruled for more years than any other Chinese dynasty in history.
A) Anyang
B) Shang
C) Xia
D) Zhou
  • 20. An important trade item during the Zhou dynasty was
A) plows
B) crossbows
C) silk
D) saddles
  • 21. In Chinese society, the merchants class ranked below the
A) aristocrats and priests.
B) landowners and traders.
C) farmers and aristocrats.
D) bankers and farmers.
  • 22. Chinese families practiced filial piety, which meant that children had to
A) go to school.
B) eat their vegetables.
C) respect their parents.
D) do many chores.
  • 23. Confucius believed that society would do well if everyone always did his or her
A) prayers.
B) jobs
C) duty
D) best
  • 24. Laozi believed that people should give up ____ in favor of nature.
A) home and family
B) laws and government
C) wisdom
D) worldly desires
  • 25. During the 200s B.C., Legalism taught that humans were naturally
A) law-abiding
B) evil
C) good
D) disrespectful.
  • 26. Qin Shihuangdi based his rule on what philosophy?
A) Legalism
B) Confucianism
C) Daoism
D) social class
  • 27. The Great Wall of China was built using the labor of which group?
A) sextant
B) farmers
C) compass
D) rudder
  • 28. This Chinese invention allowed ships to move their sails and to sail into the wind for the first time.
A) sextant
B) rudder
C) compass
D) steering wheel
  • 29. The Silk Road stretched ____ miles from western China to Southeast Asia.
A) 4,000
B) 6,436
C) 782
D) 2,000
  • 30. Buddhism spread during unrest in China after the fall of the ____ dynasty.
A) Han
B) Qin
C) Shang
D) Zhou
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